SB2020013011 - Inadequate Encryption Strength in Django User Sessions
Published: January 30, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020013011
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Inadequate Encryption Strength (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5224)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the views provided allow users to terminate specific sessions. The session key is used to identify sessions, and thus included in the rendered HTML. In itself this is not a problem. However if the website has an XSS vulnerability, the session key could be extracted by the authenticated attacker and a session takeover could happen.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.