VDB-131199 · CVE-2018-20033 · BID 109155

FlexNet Publisher up to 11.16.1.0 lmgrd/Vendor Daemon memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in FlexNet Publisher up to 11.16.1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component lmgrd/Vendor Daemon. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-20033. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FlexNet Publisher up to 11.16.1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component lmgrd/Vendor Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to corrupt the memory by allocating / deallocating memory, loading lmgrd or the vendor daemon and causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor daemon to stop. This would force the vendor daemon to shut down. No exploit of this vulnerability has been demonstrated.

The bug was discovered 01/28/2019. The weakness was shared 02/25/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-20033 since 12/10/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 28 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371671 (FlexNet Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (SA85979)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-132095, VDB-132096 and VDB-132097 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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12/10/2018 🔍
01/28/2019 +49 days 🔍
02/25/2019 +28 days 🔍
02/26/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/19/2023 +1604 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-20033 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-20033
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-131199
SecurityFocus: 109155

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/26/2019 08:39
Updated: 07/19/2023 15:42
Changes: 02/26/2019 08:39 (57), 05/12/2020 20:13 (1), 07/19/2023 15:42 (3)
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