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GLSA-200502-11 : Mailman: Directory traversal vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16448

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-11 (Mailman: Directory traversal vulnerability)

 Mailman contains an error in private.py which fails to properly sanitize input paths.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain arbitrary files on the web server.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mailman users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r4'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?707f8740

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16448

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-11.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mailman, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0202

GLSA: 200502-11