Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-7258. PoCs published by Brendan Boerner.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit triggers a buffer overflow in sSMTP by sending a long string of concatenated numbers. This can lead to remote code execution or denial-of-service if the vulnerability is successfully exploited.
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
Exploits (1)
The exploit triggers a buffer overflow in sSMTP by sending a long string of concatenated numbers. This can lead to remote code execution or denial-of-service if the vulnerability is successfully exploited.