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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)…
Low2.1EPSS 1.1%
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- mitre
Description
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
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 36% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
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References (12)
- 41965 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-11811 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsize (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100726 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100819 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-11836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 41009 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100726 CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100802 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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