CVE-2024-31617 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in OpenLiteSpeed web servers by exploiting improper handling of chunked encoding.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-31617?
CVE-2024-31617 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenLiteSpeed before 1.8.1 mishandles chunked encoding.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31617?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Litespeedtech Openlitespeed.
How do I fix CVE-2024-31617?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-31617 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31617 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5wp7-92wc-c55h.