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ubuntu-cve-2015-2775

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-04-01 00:00

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not using a static alias, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a list name.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2775	REPORT
	https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-develop…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2558-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2775	REPORT

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CVE-2015-2775 (GCVE-0-2015-2775)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-04-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:24

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not using a static alias, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a list name.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

12 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1437145	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3214	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1153.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1417.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2558-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-develop…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announc…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-develop…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032033	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73922	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2015-03-27 00:00

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usn-2558-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-04-07 15:45

Modified

2026-02-10 04:40

Summary

mailman vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled special characters in list names. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a path traversal attack and execute arbitrary code as the Mailman user.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2558-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2775	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2015-2775

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2015-2775 (GCVE-0-2015-2775)

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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