CVE-2010-3493

CVE-2010-3493 is evidenced in multiple Nessus advisories tied to Python’s smtpd.py in the smtpd module across Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, and 3.2 alpha. The root cause is described as race conditions in the SMTP daemon accept flow, which can be triggered by establishing and immediately closing a TCP co...