Citrix Security Updates – 11 October 2023

Citrix has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities across Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway.

The addressed vulnerabilities could allow the remote unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service attack or obtain sensitive information from the affected product if configured as a Gateway (VPN virtual server, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) or an AAA virtual server for it to be vulnerable to attacks.

The addressed vulnerabilities:

1. Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Information Disclosure (CVE- 2023-4966):

  • CVSS: 9.4
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Obtain Information

2. Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Denial of Service (CVE-2023- 4967):

  • CVSS: 8.2
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Denial of Service

It should be highlighted that NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway version 12.1 have reached their end-of-life (EOL) date and will no longer be supported by Citrix.

Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2023-4966
  • CVE-2023-4967
Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.

Citrix Security Updates

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