Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-19791
CVE-2018-19791
Description
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.
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Affected products
9v1.0.4, v1.3, v1.3.2, …+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: v1.0.4, v1.3, v1.3.2, …
- cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.5.0
- cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:1.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <1.5.0 RC6
Patches
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References
1- github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/issues/117nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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