CVE-2008-7258 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Anibal Monsalve Salazar's sSMTP versions 2.61 and 2.62. A local user can trigger an application exit by sending an email with a long line starting with a dot character, affecting the "standardise" function. While initially disputed by CVE as a usability issue with no security impact, its CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) indicates low severity, requiring local access and resulting only in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and despite an ExploitDB entry for a buffer overflow (EDB-34375), there are no Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, and minimal community or media discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:anibal_monsalve_salaz:ssmtp:2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:anibal_monsalve_salaz:ssmtp:2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.