Flexera FlexNet Publisher < 11.16.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 128148
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Synopsis
A licensing application running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The version of Flexera FlexNet Publisher running on the remote host is prior to 11.16.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- 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. (CVE-2018-20031)
- A Denial of Service vulnerability related to message decoding 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. (CVE-2018-20032)
- A Remote Code Execution vulnerability in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to corrupt the memory by allocating / deallocating memory, loading lmgrd or the vendor daemon and causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor daemon to stop. This would force the vendor daemon to shut down.
(CVE-2018-20033)
- A Denial of Service vulnerability related to adding an item to a list 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. (CVE-2018-20034)
Solution
Upgrade to FlexNet Publisher 11.16.2 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 128148
File Name: flexnet_publisher_11_6_2_multi_vulns.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: remote
Family: Misc.
Published: 8/26/2019
Updated: 2/12/2021
Dependencies: flexnet_publisher_detection.nbin, netscaler_mas_web_detect.nasl
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20033
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: 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: 7/11/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-20031, CVE-2018-20032, CVE-2018-20033, CVE-2018-20034
BID: 109155
ICSA: 19-192-07