USN-2558-1

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    USN-2558-1

    Published: 7 Apr 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: mailman vulnerability

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2558-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2775

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mailman

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mailman@1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1:2.1.16~rc2-1
    1:2.1.16-1
    1:2.1.16-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High