CVE-2005-0337
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-10 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 86c673471713102ccd9e408536634beef43ade71f1b82e3b1a4c52e32928a76f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:152http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-152.html
- www.securityfocus.com12445http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12445
- marc.info20050204 [USN-74-1] Postfix vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763358832637&w=2
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267837
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compostfix-ipv6-security-bypass(19218)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19218
- secunia.com14137http://secunia.com/advisories/14137/
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11339https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11339
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- postfix Fixed in 2.1.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- postfix Fixed in 2.1.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- postfix Fixed in 2.1.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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