FKIE_CVE-2008-7258
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-08-20 18:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:03
Severity
Summary
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
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| anibal_monsalve_salaz | ssmtp | 2.61 | |
| anibal_monsalve_salaz | ssmtp | 2.62 |
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