CVE-2008-7258
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 20, 2010
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 2, 2010
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
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 41965vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258
- FEDORA-2010-11811vendor-advisory
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsize
- [oss-security] 20100726 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflowmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100819 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflowmailing-list
- FEDORA-2010-11836vendor-advisory
- 41009third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236
- [oss-security] 20100726 CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflowmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100802 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflowmailing-list
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