Django up to 2.2.12/3.0.6 Memcached Backend certificate validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Django up to 2.2.12/3.0.6. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Memcached Backend. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-13254. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Django up to 2.2.12/3.0.6 (Content Management System). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Memcached Backend. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.13 and 3.0 before 3.0.7. In cases where a memcached backend does not perform key validation, passing malformed cache keys could result in a key collision, and potential data leakage.

The weakness was disclosed 06/03/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at djangoproject.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-13254 since 05/21/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.2.13 or 3.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Content Management System

Name

• Django

Version

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.10
• 2.2.11
• 2.2.12
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6

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• open-source

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