CVE-2015-2775

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2775
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-13 14:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mailman Transport Script Directory Traversal Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Bug #1437145 “Path traversal vulnerability exists in Mailman and...” : Bugs : GNU Mailman af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
[Mailman-Developers] Security patch and Mailman 2.1.20 to be released on 31 March af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.python.org Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-2558-1: Mailman vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[Mailman-Developers] Security patch and Mailman 2.1.20 to be released on 31 March af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.python.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3214-1 mailman af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: mailman-2.1.20-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: mailman-2.1.20-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[Mailman-Announce] Mailman 2.1.20 release. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.python.org
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