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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- RHSA-2005:137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1013145 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20050209 Administrivia: List Compromised due to Mailman Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20050209 [USN-78-1] Mailman vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-674 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 14211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-03-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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