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
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-09-16T18:43:57.143Z

Reserved: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2008-7258

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-08-20T18:00:02.000

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2008-7258

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