CVE-2019-8960

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-8960
  • Assigner
  • PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-04-21T15:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-04-28T19:42:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-754 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:flexera:flexnet_publisher:11.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8960-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/124598/jump-to/first-unread-message Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8960
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8960
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:35:10 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 15:19:53 2020-04-21T15:15Z 2020-04-21T15:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 15:19:53 2020-04-28T19:42:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 15:19:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated