Overview
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in all versions of Postfix prior to 2.0. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause mail service interruption.
Description
Postfix is a very popular mail transfer agent (MTA). Michal Zalewski has discovered a denial-of-service vulnerability in Postfix. According to Michal, the vulnerability exists in a portion of code responsible for address parsing. For further technical details, please see Michal's announcement. Note that this vulnerability is message-oriented as opposed to connection-oriented. That means that the vulnerability is triggered by the contents of a specially-crafted email message rather than by lower-level network traffic. This is important because an MTA that does not contain the vulnerability may pass the malicious message along to other MTAs that may be protected at the network level. In other words, vulnerable Postfix servers on the interior of a network are still at risk, even if the site's border MTA uses software other than Postfix. |
Impact
Postfix will be unable to deliver email. |
Solution
Apply a patch from your vendor. |
Workarounds |
Vendor Information
Conectiva Affected
Updated: August 08, 2003
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
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Hash: SHA1
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : postfix
SUMMARY : Remote denial of service vulnerability
DATE : 2003-08-04 17:30:00
ID : CLA-2003:717
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 7.0, 8
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DESCRIPTION
Postfix[1] is a widely used MTA (Mail Transport Agent, sometimes
called just an email or SMTP server).
This update for Conectiva Linux 7.0 and 8 fixes two vulnerabilities
in Postfix reported[4] by Michal Zalewski:
1. Postfix used as a bounce scanner (CAN-2003-0468)[2]
By using specially created recipients, it is possible to make Postfix
attempt to establish SMTP sessions with arbitrary hosts on arbitrary
ports. This could be used to identify open TCP ports on remote
machines or to just generate traffic.
2. Remote denial of service (CAN-2003-0540)[3]
A malformed address can be used to cause a denial of service
condition in two ways:
- by locking up the queue manager: the offending message has to be
manually removed from the queue in order to restore the service;
- by locking up the smtpd listener: when supplied with the malformed
address, the listener process will stop responding. Multiple attacks
in parallel will hang many smtpd processes, leading to a denial of
service.
In order to be vulnerable to this issue, the "append_dot_mydomain"
paramater would have to be changed from the default value of "on" to
"off".
Conectiva Linux 9 is not vulnerable to any of these issues since it
ships with Postfix 2.0.x.
SOLUTION
All postfix users should upgrade their packages. The service will be
automatically restarted after the upgrade if it was already running.
REFERENCES
1.http://www.postfix.org/
2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2003-0468
3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2003-0540
4.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/331713/2003-08-01/2003-08-07/0
UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/postfix-1.1.13-1U70_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/postfix-1.1.13-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/postfix-doc-1.1.13-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/postfix-1.1.13-1U80_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/postfix-1.1.13-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/postfix-doc-1.1.13-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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Copyright (c) 2003 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com
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subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br
unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br
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Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.
Debian Affected
Updated: August 18, 2003
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
Both of these vulnerabilities were fixed in DSA-363-1.
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.
Engarde Affected
Updated: August 08, 2003
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
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| Guardian Digital Security Advisory August 04, 2003 |
| http://www.guardiandigital.com ESA-20030804-019 |
| |
| Package: postfix |
| Summary: Remote denial-of-service. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
EnGarde Secure Linux is an enterprise class Linux platform engineered
to enable corporations to quickly and cost-effectively build a complete
and secure Internet presence while preventing Internet threats.
OVERVIEW
- --------
Michal Zalewski has discovered a vulnerability in the Postfix MTA which
could lead to a remote DoS attack.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2003-0540 to this issue.
Guardian Digital products affected by this issue include:
EnGarde Secure Community v1.0.1
EnGarde Secure Community 2
EnGarde Secure Professional v1.1
EnGarde Secure Professional v1.2
EnGarde Secure Professional v1.5
It is recommended that all users apply this update as soon as possible.
SOLUTION
- --------
Guardian Digital Secure Network subscribers may automatically update
affected systems by accessing their account from within the Guardian
Digital WebTool.
To modify your GDSN account and contact preferences, please go to:
https://www.guardiandigital.com/account/
Below are MD5 sums for the updated EnGarde Secure Linux 1.0.1 packages:
SRPMS/postfix-20001121-1.0.21.src.rpm
MD5 Sum: d595e164f2e48766043486fbc71c32b8
i386/postfix-20001121-1.0.21.i386.rpm
MD5 Sum: 4402f4bb441d30c9c631a97ad843700e
i686/postfix-20001121-1.0.21.i686.rpm
MD5 Sum: 2750ae2169625dba290e80c13009f258
REFERENCES
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Guardian Digital's public key:
http://ftp.engardelinux.org/pub/engarde/ENGARDE-GPG-KEY
Postfix's Official Web Site:
http://www.postfix.org/
Guardian Digital Advisories:
http://infocenter.guardiandigital.com/advisories/
Security Contact: security@guardiandigital.com
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Author: Ryan W. Maple <ryan@guardiandigital.com>
Copyright 2003, Guardian Digital, Inc.
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Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.
Red Hat Inc. Affected
Updated: August 08, 2003
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
Red Hat Linux 7.3, 8.0, and 9 ship with a Postfix package vulnerable to these issues. Updated Postfix packages are available along with our advisory at the URLs below. Users of the Red Hat Network can update their systems using the 'up2date' tool.
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-251.html
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.
SuSE Inc. Affected
Updated: August 08, 2003
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
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______________________________________________________________________________
SuSE Security Announcement
Package: postfix
Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2003:033
Date: Mon Aug 4 13:30:00 MEST 2003
Affected products: 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1
SuSE Linux Database Server
SuSE eMail Server III, 3.1
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, 8
SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
SuSE Linux Office Server
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server
UnitedLinux 1.0
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
Vulnerability Type: remote Denial of Service (DoS) attack
Severity (1-10): 4
SuSE default package: Since SuSE Linux 8.1.
Cross References: CAN-2003-0468
CAN-2003-0540
Content of this advisory:
1) security vulnerability resolved: remote DoS in postfix
problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information
2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds:
- kernel
3) standard appendix (further information)
______________________________________________________________________________
1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information
Postfix is a flexible MTA replacement for sendmail.
Michal Zalewski has reported problems in postfix which can lead to
a remote DoS attack or allow attackers to bounce-scan private networks.
These problems have been fixed. Even though not all of our products are
vulnerable in their default configurations, the updates should be applied.
In order for the update to take effect, you have to restart your MTA
by issuing the following command as root:
"/sbin/rcpostfix restart"
Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its
integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, install the package using the command "rpm -Fhv file.rpm" to apply
the update.
Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The packages
are being offered to install from the maintenance web.
i386 Intel Platform:
SuSE-8.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/postfix-1.1.12-12.i586.rpm
4b3b65905911440051f869b3e95c2c66
patch rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/postfix-1.1.12-12.i586.patch.rpm
e73917624b5adfdbe113909135a50a42
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/postfix-1.1.12-12.src.rpm
0e5bcc6c3cd95f09c423cf00aac0c303
SuSE-8.0:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/n4/postfix-1.1.12-13.i386.rpm
e0090e0ed051a532a62d787b020ac580
patch rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/n4/postfix-1.1.12-13.i386.patch.rpm
8c156ca92ad4be83588041192efe5b60
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/zq1/postfix-1.1.12-13.src.rpm
f9389f00de109cea2f0b3b6c27f5a515
SuSE-7.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/n2/postfix-20010228pl08-22.i386.rpm
1f4d3af8d10850096bc0260567caa334
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/zq1/postfix-20010228pl08-22.src.rpm
0ccc29a957609b3aeb2c12f3cc85284d
SuSE-7.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/n2/postfix-20010228pl03-82.i386.rpm
444f983a8c8f0d18621a1e8b4c3dd260
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/zq1/postfix-20010228pl03-82.src.rpm
6d479bd0ed90bc7dc59a4201327ffc05
Sparc Platform:
SuSE-7.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.3/n2/postfix-20010228pl08-15.sparc.rpm
83eb074dbcedae2c9947006b4c0411d2
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.3/zq1/postfix-20010228pl08-15.src.rpm
ec7ae58e31fd2ec63ccd881454372307
PPC Power PC Platform:
SuSE-7.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/n2/postfix-20010228pl08-36.ppc.rpm
f7b331c15b7bf705274afe2665e9e187
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/zq1/postfix-20010228pl08-36.src.rpm
f2e5aa58e24599777a95dce715c3bcad
______________________________________________________________________________
2) Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds:
- kernel
Various bugs inside the kernel have been reported recently. The most
important ones are
- NFSv3 remote DoS
- netfilter DoS
- /proc infoleak
- race condition in the ELF loader
These bugs are fixed. The new kernel packages will be approved as soon as
the testing is finished.
______________________________________________________________________________
3) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional information
- Package authenticity verification:
SuSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers all over
the world. While this service is being considered valuable and important
to the free and open source software community, many users wish to be
sure about the origin of the package and its content before installing
the package. There are two verification methods that can be used
independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded
file or rpm package:
1) md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed) announcement.
2) using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package.
1) execute the command
md5sum <name-of-the-file.rpm>
after you downloaded the file from a SuSE ftp server or its mirrors.
Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the
announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums is
cryptographically signed (usually using the key security@suse.de),
the checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package.
We disrecommend to subscribe to security lists which cause the
email message containing the announcement to be modified so that
the signature does not match after transport through the mailing
list software.
Downsides: You must be able to verify the authenticity of the
announcement in the first place. If RPM packages are being rebuilt
and a new version of a package is published on the ftp server, all
md5 sums for the files are useless.
2) rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the authenticity
of an rpm package. Use the command
rpm -v --checksig <file.rpm>
to verify the signature of the package, where <file.rpm> is the
filename of the rpm package that you have downloaded. Of course,
package authenticity verification can only target an un-installed rpm
package file.
Prerequisites:
a) gpg is installed
b) The package is signed using a certain key. The public part of this
key must be installed by the gpg program in the directory
~/.gnupg/ under the user's home directory who performs the
signature verification (usually root). You can import the key
that is used by SuSE in rpm packages for SuSE Linux by saving
this announcement to a file ("announcement.txt") and
running the command (do "su -" to be root):
gpg --batch; gpg < announcement.txt | gpg --import
SuSE Linux distributions version 7.1 and thereafter install the
key "build@suse.de" upon installation or upgrade, provided that
the package gpg is installed. The file containing the public key
is placed at the top-level directory of the first CD (pubring.gpg)
and at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/pubring.gpg-build.suse.de .
- SuSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may
subscribe:
suse-security@suse.com
- general/linux/SuSE security discussion.
All SuSE security announcements are sent to this list.
To subscribe, send an email to
<suse-security-subscribe@suse.com>.
suse-security-announce@suse.com
- SuSE's announce-only mailing list.
Only SuSE's security announcements are sent to this list.
To subscribe, send an email to
<suse-security-announce-subscribe@suse.com>.
For general information or the frequently asked questions (faq)
send mail to:
<suse-security-info@suse.com> or
<suse-security-faq@suse.com> respectively.
=====================================================================
SuSE's security contact is <security@suse.com> or <security@suse.de>.
The <security@suse.de> public key is listed below.
=====================================================================
______________________________________________________________________________
The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced,
provided that the advisory is not modified in any way. In particular,
it is desired that the clear-text signature shows proof of the
authenticity of the text.
SuSE Linux AG makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect
to the information contained in this security advisory.
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Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
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Trusix Affected
Updated: August 08, 2003
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
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Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2003-0029
Package name: postfix
Summary: Denial of service
Date: 2003-08-04
Affected versions: TSL 1.2, 1.5
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Package description:
Postfix is an alternative to the sendmail mailer daemon. Postfix attempts
to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being
sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users.
Problem description:
From the Postfix 1.1.13 release notes:
This patch fixes a denial of service condition in the Postfix smtpd,
qmgr, and other programs that use the trivial-rewrite service.
The problem is triggered when an invalid address resolves to an
impossible result. This causes the affected programs to reject the
result and to retry the trivial-rewrite request indefinitely.
Action:
We recommend that all systems with this package installed be upgraded.
Location:
All TSL updates are available from
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>
About Trustix Secure Linux:
Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus
on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to
date from day one using swup, the automated software updater.
Automatic updates:
Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically
installed using 'swup --upgrade'.
Users of TSL 1.2 can get SWUP from:
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/>
(In later versions of TSL, SWUP is included in the default installation.)
Public testing:
These packages have been available for public testing for some time.
If you want to contribute by testing the various packages in the
testing tree, please feel free to share your findings on the
tsl-discuss mailinglist.
The testing tree is located at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/testing/>
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/testing/>
Questions?
Check out our mailing lists:
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/support/>
Verification:
This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key.
This key is available from:
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY>
The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.2/>,
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.5/> and
or directly at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2003/TSL-2003-0029-postfix.asc.txt>
MD5sums of the packages:
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26387f7f959eacb1620f42cbace8e162 ./1.2/SRPMS/postfix-19991231_pl13-4tr.src.rpm
1f87c828b670cc05edac720cdbc12959 ./1.2/RPMS/postfix-19991231_pl13-4tr.i586.rpm
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7ace98a742facf4dfaeea8f7dcfd18c5 ./1.5/SRPMS/postfix-0.0.20010228.pl08-4tr.src.rpm
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Trustix Security Team
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
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Apple Computer Inc. Not Affected
Updated: August 11, 2003
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
For both Postfix issues: VU#895508 and VU#697508, our Vendor Statement is "Not Vulnerable".
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
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F5 Networks Not Affected
Updated: August 08, 2003
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
The F5 Products, BIG-IP and 3-DNS are not vulnerable.
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
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Fujitsu Not Affected
Updated: August 18, 2003
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
Fujitsu's UXP/V o.s. is not affected by the problem in VU#895508 & VU#697508 because it does not support the postfix.
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.
IBM Not Affected
Updated: August 08, 2003
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.
Lotus Software Not Affected
Updated: August 08, 2003
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
Lotus products are not vulnerable. We do not ship Postfix.
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
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Openwall GNU/*/Linux Not Affected
Updated: August 13, 2003
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
The version of Postfix included in Openwall GNU/*/Linux is not vulnerable to this DoS attack in its default configuration. We will fully address this issue with the next scheduled update of our Postfix package."
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
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CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was discovered by Michal Zalewski. The CERT/CC thanks Michal for providing information upon which this document is based. We also thank the author of Postfix, Wietse Venema, for his help in understanding the vulnerability.
This document was written by Ian A Finlay.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2003-0540 |
| Severity Metric: | 8.10 |
| Date Public: | 2003-08-03 |
| Date First Published: | 2003-08-11 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2003-08-18 13:09 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 11 |