#VU17233 Security restrictions bypass in Drupal - CVE-2019-6338
Published: January 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17233
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6338
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Drupal
Drupal
Software vendor:
Drupal
Drupal
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the system.
The vulnerability exists in the Drupal core PEAR Archive_Tar library due to an unsafe object deserialization condition. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted tar file to bypass security restrictions on the system and conduct further attacks.
Remediation
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 7.62, 8.5.9, 8.6.6.