GLSA 200502-11: Mailman: Directory traversal vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Mailman: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date:	02/10/2005
Bugs:	#81109
ID:	200502-11

Synopsis

Mailman fails to properly sanitize input, leading to information disclosure.

Background

Mailman is a Python-based mailing list server with an extensive web interface.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-mail/mailman	< 2.1.5-r4	>= 2.1.5-r4	All supported architectures

Description

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.

Resolution

All Mailman users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.