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MTA Open Mail Relaying Allowed (internal)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118017

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Synopsis

An open SMTP relay is running on the host.

Description

Nessus has detected that this internal SMTP server allows mail relaying.

Solution

Reconfigure your SMTP server so that it cannot be used as an indiscriminate SMTP relay. Make sure that the server uses appropriate access controls to limit the extent to which relaying is possible.

See Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_mail_relay

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118017

File Name: internal_smtp_relay_detection.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Published: 10/10/2018

Updated: 6/1/2020

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score from a more in depth analysis done by tenable

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:X/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Excluded KB Items: SMTP/wrapped, SMTP/qmail

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/1990

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0512, CVE-2002-1278, CVE-2003-0285

BID: 7580, 8196, 83209