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CVE-2018-20032: A Denial of Service vulnerability related to message decoding in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of Flex...

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.

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CVE-2018-20032 can let a remote attacker disrupt FlexNet Publisher license services. By triggering a message-decoding failure, the attacker can cause the vendor daemon to shut down, which may interrupt licensed applications that depend on that server. Organizations may be exposed where FlexNet Publisher license servers or vendor daemons run version 11.16.1.0 or earlier and are reachable by untrusted networks or broad internal segments. Treat this as a business-continuity risk for software licensing infrastructure. Prioritize exposed or mission-critical license servers, especially where outage would block engineering, manufacturing, security, or operations teams. Mitigation focus: Inventory FlexNet Publisher lmgrd and vendor daemon versions.; Check Flexera advisory 85979 for supported remediation guidance.; Prioritize moving systems off version 11.16.1.0 and earlier..

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Flexera Software LLCFlexNet Publisher11.16.1.0 and earlierListed
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