CVE-2008-7258

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-7258
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-20 18:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe standardise function in Anibal Monsalve Salazar sSMTP 2.61 and 2.62 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application exit) via an e-mail message containing a long line that begins with a . (dot) character. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because it is solely a usability problem for senders of messages with certain long lines, and has no security impact

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Anibal Monsalve Salaz Ssmtp 2.61 All All All
Application Anibal Monsalve Salaz Ssmtp 2.62 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[oss-security] CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Exploit
Bug #282424 “ssmtp dies with standardise() -- Buffer overflow” : Bugs : ssmtp package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
618132 – (CVE-2008-7258) CVE-2008-7258 Ssmtp: Buffer overflow by cutting '\n' sequence from lines with leading dot af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Patch information for ssmtp (2.62-3) 345780-standardise-bufsize af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patch-tracker.debian.org Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
'Re: [oss-security] CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() --' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Exploit
Fedora update for ssmtp - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sSMTP 'standardize()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: ssmtp-2.61-15.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
'Re: [oss-security] CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() --' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Bug 582236 – CVE-2008-7258 standardise() -- Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: ssmtp-2.61-15.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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