Description
The server in LiteSpeed OpenLiteSpeed before 1.5.0 RC6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by creating a symlink through which the openlitespeed program can be invoked with a long command name (involving ../ characters), which is mishandled in the LshttpdMain::getServerRootFromExecutablePath function.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2018-11471 | The server in LiteSpeed OpenLiteSpeed before 1.5.0 RC6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by creating a symlink through which the openlitespeed program can be invoked with a long command name (involving ../ characters), which is mishandled in the LshttpdMain::getServerRootFromExecutablePath function. |
References
| Link | Providers |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/issues/117 |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T11:44:20.563Z
Reserved: 2018-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-19792
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-12-03T06:29:00.460
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:58:34.133
Link: CVE-2018-19792
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD