Citrix Provisioning Services Unspecified Request Parsing Remote Code Execution (CTX133039) (uncredentialed check)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 59465

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application running that is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of Citrix Provisioning Services running on the remote Windows host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability in the SoapServer service due to improper validation of user-supplied input when parsing date and time strings. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch from the vendor's advisory.

See Also

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX133039

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 59465

File Name: citrix_provisioning_services_ctx133039_remote.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/13/2012

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:citrix:provisioning_services

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4068

BID: 53330