The standardise function in Anibal Monsalve Salazar sSMTP 2.61 and...
Vulnerability 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
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045422.html
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsize
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045407.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41009
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128013391907262&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077707318085&w=2
Affected Vendor
anibal monsalve salaz
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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