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CVE-2019-8960

Published: Apr 21, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-754
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 33.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability related to command handling has been identified in FlexNet Publisher lmadmin.exe version 11.16.2. The message reading function used in lmadmin.exe can, given a certain message, call itself again and then wait for a further message. With a particular flag set in the original message, but no second message received, the function eventually return an unexpected value which leads to an exception being thrown. The end result can be process termination.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-754

Affected Products

flexnet publisherflexera
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
n/an/a
flexeracommercialEnterprise Softwareaka flexera software

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8960-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/124598/jump-to/first-unread-message
community.flexera.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 21, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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