CVE-2005-0202

N/A Unknown
Published: May 02, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110805795122386&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/14211
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013145
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110805795122386&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/14211
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013145
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.7%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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