cve/2016/CVE-2016-0772.md

### [CVE-2016-0772](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0772)
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### Description

The smtplib library in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 does not return an error when StartTLS fails, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the TLS protections by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block the StartTLS command, aka a "StartTLS stripping attack."

### POC

#### Reference
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#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/RClueX/Hackerone-Reports
- https://github.com/imhunterand/hackerone-publicy-disclosed
- https://github.com/tintinweb/striptls