RHSA-2021:0933
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2021-03-18 13:08 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:21Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-django security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: An update for python-django is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform
13 (Queens).
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details: Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid
development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much
as possible and adhering to the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle.
Security Fix(es):
* potential data leakage via malformed memcached keys (CVE-2020-13254)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page listed in the References section.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
A flaw was found in Django, where the memcached backend does not perform key validation and passes malformed keys. This flaw causes a key collision and potential data leakage. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
5.9 (Medium)
Affected products
Fixed
6 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-7.6.EUS-RH7-RHOS-13.0:python-django-0:1.11.27-3.el7ost.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-7.6.EUS-RH7-RHOS-13.0:python-django-bash-completion-0:1.11.27-3.el7ost.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-7.6.EUS-RH7-RHOS-13.0:python2-django-0:1.11.27-3.el7ost.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOS-13.0:python-django-0:1.11.27-3.el7ost.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOS-13.0:python-django-bash-completion-0:1.11.27-3.el7ost.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOS-13.0:python2-django-0:1.11.27-3.el7ost.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
Threats
Impact
Moderate
References
10 references
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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