mlmmj Edit and Save Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	41080
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 23 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 23 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	Florian Streib
Vulnerable:	mlmmj mlmmj 1.2.16 mlmmj mlmmj 1.2.15
Not Vulnerable:

mlmmj Edit and Save Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

mlmmj (Mailing List Managing Mad Joyful) is prone to multiple directory-traversal vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting these issues may allow an attacker to delete or overwrite arbitrary files within the context of the webserver.

mlmmj 1.2.15 and 1.2.16 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

mlmmj Edit and Save Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Attackers can use a browser to exploit these issues.

mlmmj Edit and Save Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for these issues. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

mlmmj Edit and Save Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

References:

• Bug 607256 - mlmmj: Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entries (Jan Lieskovsky)
  
• Bugzilla Bug 259968 (Gentoo)
  
• CVE Request -- mlmmj -- Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entr (Jan iankko Lieskovs)
  
• mlmmj Homepage (mlmmj)