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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Mailman | — | Apply OS X security update 2005-003 | Dec 16, 2011 | May 2, 2005 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade ja-mailmanUpgrade mailman | Dec 10, 2025 | Feb 12, 2005 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-mail/mailman. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 2, 2005 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mailman | Feb 17, 2015 | May 2, 2005 |
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