CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-0772
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-693
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."
Affected configurations
• python python 3.5.0
• python python 3.5.1
• python python 3.0
• python python 3.0.1
• python python 3.1.0
• python python 3.1.1
• python python 3.1.2
• python python 3.1.3
• python python 3.1.4
• python python 3.1.5
• python python 3.2.0
• python python 3.2.1
• python python 3.2.2
• python python 3.2.3
• python python 3.2.4
• python python 3.2.5
• python python 3.2.6
• python python 3.3.0
• python python 3.3.1
• python python 3.3.2
• python python 3.3.3
• python python 3.3.4
• python python 3.3.5
• python python 3.3.6
• python python 3.4.0
• python python 3.4.1
• python python 3.4.2
• python python 3.4.3
• python python 3.4.4
• python python (<= 2.7.11)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1626.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1627.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1628.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1629.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1630.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/9 Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91225 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV www.splunk.com
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE www.splunk.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303647 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-5 Release Notes
- https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-2 Release Notes
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.12/Misc/NEWS Release Notes
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b3ce713fb9be Patch
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d590114c2394 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00011.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-18 security.gentoo.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1626.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1627.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1628.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1629.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1630.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/9 Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91225 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV www.splunk.com
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE www.splunk.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303647 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-5 Release Notes
- https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-2 Release Notes
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.12/Misc/NEWS Release Notes
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b3ce713fb9be Patch
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d590114c2394 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00011.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-18 security.gentoo.org