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…
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 40 days later
· 40 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- CLA-2003:717 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 8333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-363 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20030804 Postfix 1.1.12 remote DoS / Postfix 1.1.11 bounce scanning (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2003:033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 9433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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