vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-0772: Moderate: python security update (RHSA-2016:1626)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Aug 18, 2016 | Aug 22, 2016 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 18, 2016
Added
Aug 22, 2016
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
The smtplib library in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 does not return an error when StartTLS fails, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the TLS protections by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block the StartTLS command, aka a "StartTLS stripping attack."
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-pythonredhat-upgrade-python-debugredhat-upgrade-python-debuginforedhat-upgrade-python-develredhat-upgrade-python-libsredhat-upgrade-python-testredhat-upgrade-python-toolsredhat-upgrade-tkinter
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