Input validation error in Floating License Manager - CVE-2018-20032
Published: July 12, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19162
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20032
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input related to message decoding in lmadmin and vendor daemon components. A remote attacker can send a combination of messages to lmadmin or the vendor daemon, causing the heartbeat between lmadmin and the vendor daemon to stop and the vendor daemon to shut down.
Affected software
Floating License Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20032
Install updates from vendor's website.
Floating License Manager - update to 2.3.1.0