Incorrect default permissions in Django - CVE-2020-24584
Published: September 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46660
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24584
CWE-ID: CWE-276
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Affected software:
Django
Django
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the intermediate-level directories of the filesystem cache have the system's standard umask rather than 0o077. A remote attacker can view contents of files and directories.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-24584
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-announce/Gdqn58RqIDM
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-announce/zFCMdgUnutU
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4479-1/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/sep/01/security-releases/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/01/2