CVE-2004-0156

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Ssmtp: through 2.49

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108403772130855&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11378
http://secunia.com/advisories/11384
http://secunia.com/advisories/11485
http://secunia.com/advisories/11571
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-18.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009788
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-485
http://www.osvdb.org/5360
http://www.osvdb.org/5361
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10150
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15872

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