CVE-2003-0468 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2003-0468

Postfix 1.1.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to use Postfix...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

wietse venema

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Affected Software

postfix, linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.21, 1.1.11, 1999-09-06, 1999-12-31, 2000-02-28, 2001-11-15, 7.0, 8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 5th, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.