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CVE-2024-27305

Published: 12/03/2024 Updated: 13/03/2024

Vulnerability Summary

aiosmtpd is a reimplementation of the Python stdlib smtpd.py based on asyncio. aiosmtpd is vulnerable to inbound SMTP smuggling. SMTP smuggling is a novel vulnerability based on not so novel interpretation differences of the SMTP protocol. By exploiting SMTP smuggling, an attacker may send smuggle/spoof e-mails with fake sender addresses, allowing advanced phishing attacks. This issue is also existed in other SMTP software like Postfix. With the right SMTP server constellation, an attacker can send spoofed e-mails to inbound/receiving aiosmtpd instances. This issue has been addressed in version 1.4.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #1066820 python-aiosmtpd: CVE-2024-27305 Package: src:python-aiosmtpd; Maintainer for src:python-aiosmtpd is Debian Python Team <team+python@trackerdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:33:01 UTC Severity: important Tags: security, upstr ...