SCA: security update for aiosmtpd (GHSA-wgjv-9j3q-jhg8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419918

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- aiosmptd is a reimplementation of the Python stdlib smtpd.py based on asyncio. Prior to version 1.4.6,
servers based on aiosmtpd accept extra unencrypted commands after STARTTLS, treating them as if they came
from inside the encrypted connection. This could be exploited by a man-in-the-middle attack. Version 1.4.6
contains a patch for the issue. (CVE-2024-34083)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wgjv-9j3q-jhg8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419918

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-34083

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-34083

cwe: CWE-349