CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-19792

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.

4.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

6.7 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/issues/117 Exploit Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.5.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.5.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-12-03 06:29

Updated : 2019-01-31 07:58

NVD link : CVE-2018-19792

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19792

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer