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CVE-2005-0202: gnu mailman

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2005:136RHSA-2005:137
Published 09-02-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0202 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnu mailman. EPSS estimates a 2.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.86%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-674-1

Timeline

  1. 09-02-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.86% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat2 products
  • mailman< 3:2.1.5-24.rhel3 | < 3:2.1.5-31.rhel4
  • mailman-debuginfo< 3:2.1.5-24.rhel3 | < 3:2.1.5-31.rhel4
Gnu1 product
  • mailman2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1b1

2 vendors · 3 products

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