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CVE-2018-20031 — A Denial of Service vulnerability related to preemptive item deletion in lmgrd a

A Denial of Service vulnerability related to preemptive item deletion in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier allows a remote attacker to send a combination of messages to lmgrd or the vendor daemon, causing the heartbeat between l

CVSS
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EPSS
1.18% (top 21.50%)
CWE
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Published
2019-03-21T20:47:53.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T11:51:18.328Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A Denial of Service vulnerability related to preemptive item deletion in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier allows a remote attacker to send a combination of messages to lmgrd or the vendor daemon, causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor daemon to stop, and the vendor daemon to shut down.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Flexera Software LLCFlexNet Publisher11.16.1.0 and earlier

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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