metadata/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200502-11">
  <title>Mailman: Directory traversal vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    Mailman fails to properly sanitize input, leading to information
    disclosure.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mailman</product>
  <announced>February 10, 2005</announced>
  <revised>February 10, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>81109</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-mail/mailman" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.1.5-r4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.5-r4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Mailman is a Python-based mailing list server with an extensive
    web interface.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Mailman contains an error in private.py which fails to properly
    sanitize input paths.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain arbitrary files on
    the web server.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Mailman users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r4&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html">Full Disclosure Announcement</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0202">CAN-2005-0202</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed,  9 Feb 2005 21:12:44 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed,  9 Feb 2005 21:59:02 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:41:33 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>