Flexera FlexNet Publisher lmadmin < 11.16.5.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 133090

Synopsis

A licensing application running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Flexera FlexNet Publisher license server manager running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in lmadmin due to improper handling of message fragments. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a series of specially crafted messages, to cause the process to terminate. (CVE-2019-8960)

- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in lmadmin due to stack exhaustion when receiving message fragments. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a series of specially crafted messages, to cause the process to terminate. (CVE-2019-8961)

Solution

Upgrade to FlexNet Publisher 11.16.5.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?53057bf9

http://www.nessus.org/u?b43c22ce

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133090

File Name: flexnet_publisher_11_16_5_1_multi_vulns.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/20/2020

Updated: 3/29/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:flexerasoftware:flexnet_publisher

Required KB Items: Services/flexnet_publisher

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8960, CVE-2019-8961