Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting aiosmtpd package, versions [,1.4.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-AIOSMTPD-6437828
  • published14 Mar 2024
  • disclosed13 Mar 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-27305  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade aiosmtpd to version 1.4.5 or higher.

Overview

aiosmtpd is an aiosmtpd - asyncio based SMTP server

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity due to the improper handling of inbound SMTP connections. An attacker can send spoofed emails with fake sender addresses, enabling advanced phishing attacks by exploiting differences in the interpretation of the SMTP protocol.

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