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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-0202 · published 2 May 2005

CVE-2005-0202: Gnu mailman vulnerability

Gnu · Mailman

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.9% · top 13.7%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html Patch
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html Vendor 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
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html PatchVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html Patch
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html Vendor 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
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html PatchVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-0202), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-05). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.