CLA-2003:717Vendor advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes?id=a&anuncio=000717 CVE-2003-0540
Postfix 1.1.x - Denial of Service (1)
Record summary
CVE-2003-0540 has a selected CVSS score of 5.0; EIP currently links 2 catalogued exploits.
Description
The address parser code in Postfix 1.1.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (lock) via (1) a malformed envelope address to a local host that would generate a bounce and contains the ".!" string in the MAIL FROM or Errors-To headers, which causes nqmgr to lock up, or (2) via a valid MAIL FROM with a RCPT TO containing a ".!" string, which causes an instance of the SMTP listener to lock up.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 2
Proofs of concept
2Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBPostfix 1.1.x - Denial of Service (1)ExploitDB exploitby r3b00tNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDBPostfix 1.1.x - Denial of Service (2)ExploitDB exploitby daniels@legend.co.ukNot analyzed1 file
References
Showing 12 of 1420030804 Postfix 1.1.12 remote DoS / Postfix 1.1.11 bounce scanningmailing list
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-August/007693.html 20030804 Postfix 1.1.12 remote DoS / Postfix 1.1.11 bounce scanningmailing list
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001525130257&w=2 2003-0029Vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106029188614704&w=2 9433Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/9433 DSA-363Vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-363 VU#895508Third-party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895508 ESA-20030804-019Vendor advisory
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3517.html MDKSA-2003:081Vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:081 SuSE-SA:2003:033Vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_033_postfix.html RHSA-2003:251Vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-251.html 8333vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8333