Wietse Venema Postfix up to 2001-11-15 SMTP Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Wietse Venema Postfix up to 2001-11-15. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SMTP Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0468. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Wietse Venema Postfix up to 2001-11-15. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component SMTP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 08/27/2003 by Michal Zalewski (Website). The advisory is available at debian.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0468 since 06/26/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14063 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postfix (MDKSA-2003:081)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (14063), SecurityFocus (BID 8333†), Secunia (SA9433†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2887†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-20751. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 14063
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postfix (MDKSA-2003:081)
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OpenVAS ID: 53652
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 363-1 (postfix)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0468 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0468
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20746

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SecurityFocus: 8333 - Multiple Postfix Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 9433 - Postfix DoS and Bounce Scan Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 2887 - Postfix 1.1.11 and Earlier Allows a Remote Attacker to Conduct DDoS Attacks, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 00:23
Updated: 05/16/2019 18:51
Changes: 08/15/2014 00:23 (73), 05/16/2019 18:51 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:6B8:103

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