Vulnerability in Conectiva Linux
CVE-2003-0468
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Conectiva Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Wietse Venema Postfix — versions 1.0.21, 1.1.11, 1999-09-06
References
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/8333 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-251.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-363 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_033_postfix.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/9433 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:522 (signature, vdb-entry)