Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0202
CVE-2005-0202
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the true_path function in private.py for Mailman 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".../....///" sequences, which are not properly cleansed by regular expressions that are intended to remove "../" and "./" sequences.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
12- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.htmlnvdPatch
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/14211nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.htmlnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657nvd
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