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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 at

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02731
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

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gnu mailmanall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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snort-communitySERVER-WEBAPP mailman directory traversal attemptweb-application-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD02 May 2005 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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usnUSN-78-2
usnUSN-78-1
rhsaRHSA-2005:137Important
rhsaRHSA-2005:136Important
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.htmlPatch
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.htmlVendor 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
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