CVE-2005-0337

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Postfix 2.1.3, when /proc/net/if_inet6 is not available and permit_mx_backup is enabled in smtpd_recipient_restrictions, allows remote attackers to bypass e-mail restrictions and perform mail relaying by sending mail to an IPv6 hostname.

Postfix 2.1.3, when /proc/net/if_inet6 is not available and permit_mx_backup is enabled in smtpd_recipient_restrictions, allows remote attackers to bypass e-mail restrictions and perform mail relaying by sending mail to an IPv6 hostname.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 19 years ago

2005-05-02 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Desktop 4.0

4.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.0

8.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.1

8.1

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.2

8.2

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.0

9.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.1

9.1

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.2

9.2

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267837

Vendor Advisory

20050204 [USN-74-1] Postfix vulnerability

14137

Patch

RHSA-2005:152

12445

Patch

postfix-ipv6-security-bypass(19218)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11339

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