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SCA: security update for aiosmtpd (GHSA-pr2m-px7j-xg65)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417675

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2024-27305)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pr2m-px7j-xg65

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417675

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 3/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27305

cwe: CWE-345