SB2018120319 - Buffer overflow in litespeed OpenLiteSpeed
Published: December 3, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018120319
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19792)
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.