PT-2002-1471 · Endymion · Endymion Mailman

Published 2002-06-11 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-0417

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Endymion MailMan versions prior to 3.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by exploiting a directory traversal vulnerability. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) and a null character in the ALTERNATE TEMPLATES parameter for various mmstdo*.cgi programs.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1, update to version 3.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ALTERNATE TEMPLATES parameter in the affected mmstdo*.cgi programs until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0417

Affected Products

Endymion Mailman

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/4222 · Exploit
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8357.php · Vendor Advisory
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/259730 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0417 · Security Note
• http://endymion.com/products/mailman/history.htm · Note