Bug 147343 - CAN-2005-0202 mailman flaw
Summary: CAN-2005-0202 mailman flaw
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mailman
Version: 3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: John Dennis
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-02-07 15:09 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-02-14 21:50:23 UTC
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Description Mark J. Cox 2005-02-07 15:09:28 UTC 
*** This bug has been split off bug 147342 ***

------- Original comment by Mark J. Cox (Security Response Team) on 2005.02.07
10:08 -------

A flaw in the true_path function of Mailman was discovered. A remote attacker
could make use of this flaw with a carefully crafted URL and gain access to
files such a configuration files or list archives that should otherwise be
protected.

Administrators can see if attempts to use this flaw has been made by exmaining
their web server access logs for requests containing ".....///"

Affects: FC2
Affects: FC3
Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2005-02-09 18:34:16 UTC 
Now public, removing embargo, push at will.
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html
Comment 2 John Dennis 2005-02-14 21:50:23 UTC 
was pushed on Thursday 2/10/05
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