CVE-2019-6338

third-party PEAR Archive_Tar library updates

N/A

Published: January 22, 2019 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:39 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxDrupal

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

In Drupal Core versions 7.x prior to 7.62, 8.6.x prior to 8.6.6 and 8.5.x prior to 8.5.9; Drupal core uses the third-party PEAR Archive_Tar library. This library has released a security update which impacts some Drupal configurations. Refer to CVE-2018-1000888 for details

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

8.0 9.0

Drupal · Drupaldrupal

95%

7.0 ≤ v < 7.627.x ≤ v < 7.628.5.0 ≤ v < 8.5.98.5.x ≤ v < 8.5.98.6.0 ≤ v < 8.6.68.6.x ≤ v < 8.6.6.7.x 8.5.x 8.6.x

Affected range stops below 7.62, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 8.5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 8.6.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106706

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00032.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4370

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2019-001

CVSS

6MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-502

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