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TI-2019-06466 Aliases CVE-2019-8960GHSA-j42p-4m2g-2gc3

A Denial of Service vulnerability related to command handling has been identified in…

Priority LOW 35CWE-754Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01309 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:flexera:flexnet_publisher:11.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.16.2VulnerableFlexera
  • cpe:2.3:a:flexera:flexnet_publisher:11.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.16.2 Vulnerable ·Flexera

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-8960
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j42p-4m2g-2gc3

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-14211 Resource allocation without limits in Flexera Software LLC FlexNet Publisher CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-14212 A Denial of Service vulnerability related to adding an item to a list in lmgrd and vendor… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-09731 A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-14210 A Denial of Service vulnerability related to message decoding in lmgrd and vendor daemon… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-14209 A Denial of Service vulnerability related to preemptive item deletion in lmgrd and vendor… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06467 A Denial of Service vulnerability related to stack exhaustion has been identified in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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