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Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 12.1-64.16 DoS (CTX457048)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161773

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Synopsis

The remote device is may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote Citrix ADC or Citrix Gateway device is version 12.1-64.16. It may, therefore, be affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. If the device is configured as a VPN (Gateway) or AAA virtual server, an unauthenticated remote attacker can cause uncontrolled resource consumption on the device.

Please refer to advisory CTX457048 for more information.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to version 12.1-64.17 or later.

See Also

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX457048

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161773

File Name: citrix_netscaler_CTX457048_cve_2022_27508.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/2/2022

Updated: 10/12/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27508

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:citrix:netscaler_gateway, cpe:/h:citrix:netscaler_application_delivery_controller

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/NetScaler/Detected

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27508

CWE: 400

IAVA: 2022-A-0223-S