CVE-2008-7258
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
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (65th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-7214)
- Published
- August 20, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-7214 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- anibal monsalve salaz / ssmtp
- anibal monsalve salaz / ssmtp
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045407.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045422.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128013391907262&w=2(Exploit)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2(Exploit)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077707318085&w=2
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsize(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41009
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965(Exploit)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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