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
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.1/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
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=2Exploit
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2Exploit
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077707318085&w=2
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsizePatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41009
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965Exploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258
- 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=2Exploit
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2Exploit
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077707318085&w=2
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsizePatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41009
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965Exploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 20, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified