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.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0203 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-78-1 Mailman vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-78-2 Fixed mailman packages for USN-78-1
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.391Z

Reserved: 2005-02-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0202

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-0202

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-02-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0202 - Bugzilla

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