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title: "CVE-2015-2775\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-2775

Publication date 1 April 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not
using a static alias, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files
via a .. (dot dot) in a list name.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mailman | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 1:2.1.18-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:2.1.14-3ubuntu0.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2775?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| mailman | * Upstream:   <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/revision/1553> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2775)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2775)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-2775)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2775)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2558-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2558-1)
+ Mailman vulnerability
+ 7 April 2015

### Other references

* <https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2015-March/024875.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2775>