PT-2010-1249 · Ssmtp+1 · Ssmtp+1

Brendan Boerner · Published 2010-08-20 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2008-7258

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ssmtp versions 2.61 through 2.62

Description The issue allows local users to cause an application exit via an e-mail message containing a long line that begins with a . (dot) character. This is considered a usability problem for senders of messages with certain long lines.

Recommendations For versions 2.61 and 2.62, consider avoiding the use of long lines starting with a . (dot) character in email messages to prevent application exit. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-7258

Affected Products

Debian

Ssmtp

References · 20

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/34375 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128013391907262&w=2 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/41965 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7258 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045407.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-7258 · Vendor Advisory
• http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsize · Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045422.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-7258 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ssmtp · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-7258 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7258 · Vendor Advisory