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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2008-7258

Deferred

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-20 Aug, 2010 | 18:00

Updated At-11 Apr, 2025 | 00:51

The 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

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	2.1	LOW	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Primary	2.0	2.1	LOW	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CPE Matches

anibal_monsalve_salaz>>ssmtp>>2.61

cpe:2.3:a:anibal_monsalve_salaz:ssmtp:2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

anibal_monsalve_salaz>>ssmtp>>2.62

cpe:2.3:a:anibal_monsalve_salaz:ssmtp:2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-20	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045407.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045422.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128013391907262&w=2	cve@mitre.org	Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2	cve@mitre.org	Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077707318085&w=2	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsize	cve@mitre.org	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/41009	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6	cve@mitre.org	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965	cve@mitre.org	Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236	cve@mitre.org	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045407.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045422.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128013391907262&w=2	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077707318085&w=2	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsize	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/41009	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A

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