CVE-2019-8960

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

Published

2020-04-21

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-754

Affected products

• Flexnet Publisher (Flexera)

References

• https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8960-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/12…