CVE-2018-19792

Published Dec 3, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
EUVD 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:44 AM
Reserved
Dec 3, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 3, 2018, 6:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:49 AM