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Unscored USN-2558-1 1 CVE

mailman vulnerability

Published Apr 7, 2015 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled special characters
in list names. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a path
traversal attack and execute arbitrary code as the Mailman user.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS mailman 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not using a static alias, allows remote attackers …

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2775