CVE-2002-0389

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0389
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-06-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionPipermail in Mailman stores private mail messages with predictable filenames in a world-executable directory, which allows local users to read private mailing list archives.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Mailman All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mailman / Bugs / #384 SECURITY: Pipermail permissions problem af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Pipermail/Mailman Insecure Archives Permissions Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'Mailman/Pipermail private mailing list/local user vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISS X-Force Database: pipermail-view-archives (8874): Pipermail could allow an attacker to view private mailing list archives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2016-12-27Joshua BressersRed Hat does not intend to take any action on this issue. This is the expected behavior of Mailman and is not considered to be a security flaw by upstream. If Mailman upstream addresses this issue in a future update, we may revisit our decision.

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