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CVE-2005-0202
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.
Published: May 2, 2005
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (7)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| gnu | mailman | 2.1 |
| gnu | mailman | 2.1.1 |
| gnu | mailman | 2.1.2 |
| gnu | mailman | 2.1.3 |
| gnu | mailman | 2.1.4 |
| gnu | mailman | 2.1.5 |
| gnu | mailman | 2.1b1 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-87jx-4wq7-9wr5
Directory traversal vulnerability in the true_path function in private.py for Mailman 2.1.5 and...
References (24)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html Patch
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110805795122386&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14211
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013145
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html Patch
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110805795122386&w=2
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
5.0 / 10
EPSS Score
2.86%
Top 14% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
20.9 / 100
Data Sources
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