CVE-2019-8961 Denial of service in n/a
An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a denial of service in FlexNet Publisher by sending specific messages that trigger recursive function calls and stack exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-8961?
CVE-2019-8961 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8961?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Flexera Flexnet Publisher.
How do I fix CVE-2019-8961?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8961 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-8961 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8961 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v43v-r57x-cxjw.