CVE-2002-1581 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1581?

CVE-2002-1581 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Jul 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-mr.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.20 through 2.3.31 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a null byte (%00) in the configLanguage parameter.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1581?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mailreader.com Mailreader.com.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1581?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2002-1581 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1581 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DSA-534, GHSA-x569-q6m8-549j.