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CVE-2002-0389 Detail

Description

Pipermail in Mailman stores private mail messages with predictable filenames in a world-executable directory, which allows local users to read private mailing list archives.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/27/2016)

Red Hat does not intend to take any action on this issue. This is the expected behavior of Mailman and is not considered to be a security flaw by upstream. If Mailman upstream addresses this issue in a future update, we may revisit our decision.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101902003314968&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1417.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100103&aid=474616&group_id=103
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8874.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4538

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-0389
NVD Published Date:
06/18/2002
NVD Last Modified:
12/27/2016
Source:
MITRE