CVE-2019-8961

Published: Apr 21, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability related to stack exhaustion has been identified in FlexNet Publisher lmadmin.exe 11.16.2. Because the message reading function calls itself recursively given a certain condition in the received message, an unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly send messages of that type to cause a stack exhaustion condition.

Affected (1)

Products: Flexera: Flexnet Publisher

1 product

Flexnet Publisher

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Flexera Flexnet Publisher	Version 11.16.2

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (2)

https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8961-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/124601/jump-to/first-unread-message

Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

Vendor Advisory

https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8961-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/124601/jump-to/first-unread-message

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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