python: smtplib StartTLS stripping attack

It was found that Python's smtplib library did not return an exception when StartTLS failed to be established in the SMTP.starttls function. A man in the middle attacker could strip out the STARTTLS command without generating an exception on the Python SMTP client application, preventing the...

python: smtplib StartTLS stripping attack

It was found that Python's smtplib library did not return an exception when StartTLS failed to be established in the SMTP.starttls function. A man in the middle attacker could strip out the STARTTLS command without generating an exception on the Python SMTP client application, preventing the...