High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-20032

Description

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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Affected products

Revenera/Flexnet Publisher
cpe:2.3:a:flexera:flexnet_publisher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=11.16.1.0
Oracle Corporation/Communications Lsms
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_lsms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=13.1,<=13.4
Flexera Software/FlexNet Publisherllm-fuzzy
Range: <=11.16.1.0
Flexera Software LLC/FlexNet Publisherv5
Range: 11.16.1.0 and earlier

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References

www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/85979/nvdNot ApplicableVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/109155nvdBroken Link

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