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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!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>