CVE-2008-7258
Estado: ModificadaBaja (2.1)—
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
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Puntuación base: 2.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.05%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 63
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- 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
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41009
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236
- 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=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41009
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258
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