CVE-2004-0156
Format string vulnerabilities in the (1) die or (2) log_event functions for ssmtp before 2.50.6 allow remote mail relays to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
02 Description
Format string vulnerabilities in the (1) die or (2) log_event functions for ssmtp before 2.50.6 allow remote mail relays to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-04-17 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-02-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 49e212ee07e8e92751421877a0bd0b824741651dcdff248b35fd92828a2440f7
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com11571http://secunia.com/advisories/11571
- www.debian.orgDSA-485http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-485
- marc.info20040507 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.020] OpenPKG Security Advisory (ssmtp)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108403772130855&w=2
- secunia.com11384http://secunia.com/advisories/11384
- securitytracker.com1009788http://securitytracker.com/id?1009788
- secunia.com11378http://secunia.com/advisories/11378
- www.osvdb.org5360http://www.osvdb.org/5360
- www.osvdb.org5361http://www.osvdb.org/5361
- www.securityfocus.com10150http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10150
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200404-18http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-18.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comssmtp-die-logevent-format-string(15872)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15872
- secunia.com11485http://secunia.com/advisories/11485
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ssmtp Fixed in 2.60.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ssmtp Fixed in 2.60.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ssmtp Fixed in 2.60.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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