vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2016-0772: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Sep 2, 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 | Oct 22, 2021 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 2, 2016
Added
Sep 2, 2016
Modified
Oct 22, 2021
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
suse-upgrade-libpython2_6-1_0suse-upgrade-libpython2_6-1_0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libpython2_6-1_0-x86suse-upgrade-libpython2_7-1_0suse-upgrade-libpython2_7-1_0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libpython3_4m1_0suse-upgrade-libpython3_4m1_0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libpython3_6m1_0suse-upgrade-libpython3_6m1_0-32bitsuse-upgrade-pythonsuse-upgrade-python-32bitsuse-upgrade-python-basesuse-upgrade-python-base-32bitsuse-upgrade-python-base-x86suse-upgrade-python-cursessuse-upgrade-python-demosuse-upgrade-python-develsuse-upgrade-python-docsuse-upgrade-python-doc-pdfsuse-upgrade-python-gdbmsuse-upgrade-python-idlesuse-upgrade-python-tksuse-upgrade-python-x86suse-upgrade-python-xmlsuse-upgrade-python3suse-upgrade-python3-32bitsuse-upgrade-python3-basesuse-upgrade-python3-base-32bitsuse-upgrade-python3-cursessuse-upgrade-python3-dbmsuse-upgrade-python3-develsuse-upgrade-python3-idlesuse-upgrade-python3-testsuitesuse-upgrade-python3-tksuse-upgrade-python3-tools
References
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