Summary
The remote host is missing an update to postfix
announced via advisory DSA 363-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20363-1
Insight
The postfix mail transport agent in Debian 3.0 contains two vulnerabilities:
CVE-2003-0468: Postfix would allow an attacker to bounce-scan private networks or use the daemon as a DDoS tool by forcing the daemon to connect to an arbitrary service at an arbitrary IP address and either receiving a bounce message or observing queue operations to infer the status of the delivery attempt.
CVE-2003-0540: a malformed envelope address can 1) cause the queue manager to lock up until an entry is removed from the queue and 2) lock up the smtp listener leading to a denial of service
For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.11-0.woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your postfix package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0468, CVE-2003-0540 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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