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CVE-2003-0468

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/08/2003
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Postfix 1.1.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to use Postfix to conduct "bounce scans" or DDos attacks of other hosts via an email address to the local host containing the target IP address and service name followed by a "!" string, which causes Postfix to attempt to use SMTP to communicate with the target on the associated port.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:1.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:1999-09-06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:1999-12-31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:2000-02-28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wietse_venema:postfix:2001-11-15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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