CVE-2008-7258 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause sSMTP to exit via a long dot-prefixed line, though disputed as a usability issue rather than a security vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-7258?
CVE-2008-7258 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Aug 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7258?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Anibal Monsalve Salaz Ssmtp.
How do I fix CVE-2008-7258?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7258 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-7258 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-7258 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-7258, GHSA-vqmw-m2f5-rq3c.