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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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. |
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USN-78-1 | Mailman vulnerability |
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USN-78-2 | Fixed mailman packages for USN-78-1 |
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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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-0202


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