SB2018120316 - Input validation error in litespeed OpenLiteSpeed
Published: December 3, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018120316
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19791)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The server in LiteSpeed OpenLiteSpeed before 1.5.0 RC6 does not correctly handle requests for byte sequences, allowing an attacker to amplify the response size by requesting the entire response body repeatedly, as demonstrated by an HTTP Range header value beginning with the "bytes=0-,0-" substring.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.