Upstream information

CVE-2003-0540 at MITRE

Description

The address parser code in Postfix 1.1.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (lock) via (1) a malformed envelope address to a local host that would generate a bounce and contains the ".!" string in the MAIL FROM or Errors-To headers, which causes nqmgr to lock up, or (2) via a valid MAIL FROM with a RCPT TO containing a ".!" string, which causes an instance of the SMTP listener to lock up.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 43279 [VERIFIED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 postfix Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 postfix Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 postfix Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 postfix Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS postfix Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 postfix Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 postfix Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 postfix Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 postfix Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 postfix Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 postfix Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 postfix Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:24:17 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 14:40:24 2025