CVE-2008-7258: Anibal Monsalve Salaz Ssmtp

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Anibal Monsalve Salaz Ssmtp: version 2.61 only; version 2.62 only

Published 2010-08-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.