Vulnerability CVE-2003-0468
Published: 2003-08-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Wietse venema -> Postfix 
Conectiva -> Linux 

 References:
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000717
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001525130257&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-363
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:081
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_033_postfix.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-251.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8333
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A522
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