CVE-2003-0468: conectiva linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2003-0468 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in conectiva linux. EPSS estimates a 2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 05-08-2003PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.38%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
84%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.38% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Conectiva1 product
- linux7.0 | 8.0
Debian1 product
- postfix< 1.1.12
Wietse_venema1 product
- postfix1.0.21 | 1.1.11 | 1999-09-06 | 1999-12-31 | 2000-02-28 | 2001-11-15
3 vendors · 3 products
References
10 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A522VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL