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authorMariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com>2021-01-22 12:23:18 +0100
committerMariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com>2021-02-01 09:13:58 +0100
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[3.1.x] Fixed CVE-2021-3281 -- Fixed potential directory-traversal via archive.extract().
Thanks Florian Apolloner, Shai Berger, and Simon Charette for reviews. Thanks Wang Baohua for the report. Backport of 05413afa8c18cdb978fcdf470e09f7a12b234a23 from master.
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+===========================
+Django 2.2.18 release notes
+===========================
+
+*February 1, 2021*
+
+Django 2.2.18 fixes a security issue with severity "low" in 2.2.17.
+
+CVE-2021-3281: Potential directory-traversal via ``archive.extract()``
+======================================================================
+
+The ``django.utils.archive.extract()`` function, used by
+:option:`startapp --template` and :option:`startproject --template`, allowed
+directory-traversal via an archive with absolute paths or relative paths with
+dot segments.