CVE-2005-0202

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.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0202 is rated Moderate Risk (49.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.86%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0202

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.73% 2.86% +0.12%
2 2025-03-30 6.25% 2.73% -3.52%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.25% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0202

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0202

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0202

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0202
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0202 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mailman), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0202

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0202

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu mailman 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1b1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0202

URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html Patch
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110805795122386&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14211
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013145
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657
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