security flaw
Published Feb 9, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.86%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
mailman-3:2.1.5-24.rhel3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:136
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
mailman-3:2.1.5-31.rhel4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:137
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | mailman-3:2.1.5-24.rhel3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:136 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | mailman-3:2.1.5-31.rhel4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:137 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02856) | 86.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02856) | 84.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.73% (0.02731) | 84.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.25% (0.06252) | 84.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.73% (0.02731) | 84.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00846) | 82.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00846) | 82.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 17, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00846) | 80.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.76% (0.00761) | 78.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (16)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110805795122386&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14211 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013145 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0202 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617490 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0202
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0202
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.