Question Why Secunia CVSS score for an advisory is different than the vendor or other sources? This article answers this question and it includes concrete examples of expected use-cases too. Answer Secunia Research takes multiple sources into accoun...
Summary A binding table can get corrupt due to multiple reasons which will result in empty details in the completed scans and All hosts smart groups. You may have to truncate the table and scan your machines one again to repopulate the data. This art...
Summary In scenarios where SCCM is used to manage all updates on the network, the Windows Update Agent on local Clients ends up in a dead-end when it queries for Microsoft patches as it attempts to look for updates against the Software Update Point w...
Summary "CreateDirectory Failed" error is a generic error that may be caused by multiple scenarios. Such a scenario can be moving the default for WSUS \UpdateServicesPackages\ directory physically to another drive or server without using WsusUtil.exe...
Summary This article will help you resolve publishing errors with particular error code 2147942593. Symptoms This error usually appears when there is no signing certificate available on WSUS server certificate stores. Resolution Login to your WSUS s...
Summary Software Vulnerability Manager can connect to the SQL database of an active production SCCM server and fetch the program data collected through Software Inventory scans done by deployed CCM Clients.This article explains where at the System Ce...
Summary All patches fail to publish except SVM's very own Agent. The error message has no identification text or error, it simply stating that it failed to publish.In the C:\Users\<User>\Documents\csi_pluginlog.txt you find the following error:"An Er...
Summary On October 24th, 2018 Flexera upgraded its servers to only accept communication using TLS 1.2 security protocol. Synopsis Software Vulnerability Manager solution requires the security configuration of the systems that are being scanned or use...
Summary Due to a change in how Microsoft handles Office 365 C2R versions, Flexera has made changes to its detection logic to facilitate accurate vulnerability detection of all Office 365 C2R program versions. The changes might lead to an increased am...
Summary You are getting a message 'your account is currently being upgraded.' when logging-in to your account Symptoms This usually happens with the 'private database' of the server (the user database) has not been populated with all tables needed to...
Summary We're frequently asked about how one might manage SVM On-Prem backup and log files. This article lays out one possible option. Question How should an on-premises CSI customer manage their backup and log files? Answer One option would be to ut...
Summary This article provides useful steps to install the code-signing certificate required by the Software Vulnerability Manager at WSUS to enable publishing integration between SVM and all WSUS APIs. We also listed more useful tips around certifica...
Summary Sometimes smart groups may get stuck and need manual intervention at the database to clear the queue and re-run the smart group generation afterward. This article teaches you to manually clear the queue that the SVM On-Prem Server uses to tra...
Summary The SVM VA server will generate a self-signed SSL certificate when you choose to use SSL. These instructions will explain how to swap it for your certificate and key pair. Synopsis Once you've run through the SVM Virtual Appliance (VA) setup...
Summary The above error occurs while publishing package due to WSUS certificate missing Private key. Symptoms Failed to publish package Code -2146233079 Failed to sign in package, error was 2148081670 Cause This error occurs when Private key is miss...
Summary One or more specific smart groups fail to compile. When logging level is increased on the Software Vulnerability Manager On-Prem Linux server, the following error is seen in the /var/log/messages log: '"temp_smartgroup_product" table is full...
Summary Sometimes you will find yourself in a situation to be missing some important menus. That could be "Remote Scanning via SVM" or the entire "Flexera Software Package System", or "Active Directory" and other menus as well. This could happen due ...
SummaryThis article is intended to help answer the question on whether Flexera is prepared for GDPR and whether our products are compliant with these new regulations that come into force from 25th May 2018.SynopsisThis article is intended to help ans...
Summary Configure the Software Vulnerability Manager On-Prem server to use SSL-only connections with the SVM Agent, SVM Daemon, SCCM Plugin, and the Internet Explorer plugin interface. Synopsis You need to perform the following steps: 1. Import/crea...
Summary This article describes how to activate verbose logging for the Software Vulnerability Manager 2019 Daemon service (installs as "Flexera Corporate Software Inspector Daemon"). This can be very helpful to debug technical problems with "System ...
