5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.077 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.2%
The remote host is running a version of Postfix that is as old as or older than 1.1.12.
There are two vulnerabilities in this version that could allow an attacker to remotely disable it, or to be used as a DDoS agent against arbitrary hosts.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(11820);
script_version("1.25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0468", "CVE-2003-0540");
script_bugtraq_id(8361, 8362);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2003:251-01");
script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SA:2003:033");
script_name(english:"Postfix < 2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote server is vulnerable to a denial of service.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Postfix that is as old as or
older than 1.1.12.
There are two vulnerabilities in this version that could allow an
attacker to remotely disable it, or to be used as a DDoS agent against
arbitrary hosts.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Postfix 2.0.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2003-0468");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/08/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2003/08/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:postfix:postfix");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"SMTP problems");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("smtpscan.nasl", "smtpserver_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("Settings/ParanoidReport");
script_require_ports("Services/smtp", 25);
exit(0);
}
include("global_settings.inc");
include("audit.inc");
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
port = get_kb_item("Services/smtp");
if(!port)port = 25;
banner = get_kb_item("smtp/" + port + "/real_banner");
if(!banner) banner = get_kb_item_or_exit("smtp/" + port + "/banner");
if(preg(pattern:".*Postfix 1\.(0\..*|1\.([0-9][^0-9]|1[0-2]))", string:banner)||
preg(pattern:".*Postfix 2001.*", string:banner))
{
security_warning(port);
}