CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-15492

Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

Published: Aug 18, 2018 | Modified: Oct 23, 2018
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the lservnt.exe component of Sentinel License Manager version 8.5.3.35 (fixed in 8.5.3.2403) causes UDP amplification.

Weakness

The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary’s influence is “asymmetric.”

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sentinel_license_manager Gemalto 8.5.3.35 8.5.3.2403

Potential Mitigations

References