CVE-2021-3281

Description

In Django 2.2 before 2.2.18, 3.0 before 3.0.12, and 3.1 before 3.1.6, the django.utils.archive.extract method (used by "startapp --template" and "startproject --template") allows directory traversal via an archive with absolute paths or relative paths with dot segments.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202102-18
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3281
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/02e6592835b4559909aa3aaaf67988fef435f624
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/05413afa8c18cdb978fcdf470e09f7a12b234a23
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/21e7622dec1f8612c85c2fc37fe8efbfd3311e37
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/52e409ed17287e9aabda847b6afe58be2fa9f86a
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/3.0.12
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fvgf-6h6h-3322
• https://github.com/django/django
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2021-9.yaml
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0004
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/01/security-releases
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/01/security-releases/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0004/
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3281.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3281