CVE-2023-6548, CVE-2023-6549: Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway
2024-1-17 07:45:15 Author: www.tenable.com(查看原文) 阅读量:62 收藏

Satnam Narang

Scott Caveza

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Two zero-day vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway have been exploited in the wild. Urgent patching is required to address these flaws.

Background

On January 16, Citrix published an advisory for two new zero-day vulnerabilities in its NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway appliances:

CVEDescriptionSeverity
CVE-2023-6548Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) VulnerabilityMedium
CVE-2023-6549Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Denial of Service VulnerabilityHigh

According to Citrix, these flaws have been exploited in the wild, though no details about in-the-wild exploitation were shared at the time this blog post was published.

Analysis

CVE-2023-6548 is a RCE vulnerability in the NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances. An authenticated attacker with low level privileges could exploit this vulnerability if they are able to access NetScaler IP (NSIP), Subnet IP (SNIP), or cluster management IP (CLIP) with access to the appliance’s management interface.

CVE-2023-6549 is a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability when a vulnerable appliance has been configured as a Gateway (e.g. VPN, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) or as a AAA virtual server.

Second and third zero-days in Citrix appliances in the last four months

CVE-2023-6548 and CVE-2023-6549 are the second and third zero-day vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler appliances that have been disclosed in the last four months. In October, Citrix patched CVE-2023-4966, a critical flaw in NetScaler appliances called “CitrixBleed” that was widely exploited by a variety of attackers.

The impact from these two new zero-day vulnerabilities is not expected to be as significant as CitrixBleed. Nonetheless, organizations that do use these appliances in their networks should apply the available patches as soon as possible.

Proof of concept

At the time this blog post was published, no public proof-of-concept (PoC) had been identified for either of these vulnerabilities. However, given the historical exploitation of Citrix Netscaler ADC and Gateway and the reported usage of these flaws as zero-days, we anticipate that exploit code may become available soon.

Solution

Citrix has released patches for these vulnerabilities as outlined in the table below:

Affected ProductAffected VersionFixed Version
NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway13.0 before 13.0-92.2113.0-92.21 and later releases of 13.0
NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway13.1 before 13.1-51.1513.1-51.15 and later releases of 13.1
NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway14.1 before 14.1-12.3514.1-12.35 and later releases
NetScaler ADC12.1-NDcPP before 12.1-55.30212.1-55.302 and later releases of 12.1-NDcPP
NetScaler ADC12.1-FIPS before 12.1-55.30212.1-55.302 and later releases of 12.1-FIPS
NetScaler ADC13.1-FIPS before 13.1-37.17613.1-37.176 and later releases of 13.1-FIPS

Note: NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway version 12.1 is now End Of Life (EOL). Customers are recommended to upgrade their appliances to a supported version that addresses these vulnerabilities.

Additionally, Citrix “strongly recommends” that organization’s separate network traffic to the appliance’s management interface either physically or logically and to not expose the management interface to the internet.

Identifying affected systems

A list of Tenable plugins for these vulnerabilities can be found on the individual CVE pages for CVE-2023-6548 and CVE-2024-6549 as they’re released. These links will display all available plugins for these vulnerabilities, including upcoming plugins in our Plugins Pipeline.

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Satnam Narang

Satnam Narang

Satnam joined Tenable in 2018. He has over 15 years experience in the industry (M86 Security and Symantec). He contributed to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, helped develop a Social Networking Guide for the National Cyber Security Alliance, uncovered a huge spam botnet on Twitter and was the first to report on spam bots on Tinder. He's appeared on NBC Nightly News, Entertainment Tonight, Bloomberg West, and the Why Oh Why podcast.

Interests outside of work: Satnam writes poetry and makes hip-hop music. He enjoys live music, spending time with his three nieces, football and basketball, Bollywood movies and music and Grogu (Baby Yoda).

Scott Caveza

Scott Caveza

Scott joined Tenable in 2012 as a Research Engineer on the Nessus Plugins team. Over the years, he has written hundreds of plugins for Nessus, and reviewed code for even more from his time being a team lead and manager of the Plugins team. Previously leading the Security Response team and the Zero Day Research team, Scott is currently a member of the Security Response team, helping the research organization respond to the latest threats. He has over a decade of experience in the industry with previous work in the Security Operations Center (SOC) for a major domain registrar and web hosting provider. Scott is a current CISSP and actively maintains his GIAC GWAPT Web Application Penetration Tester certification.

Interests outside of work: Scott enjoys spending time with his family, camping, fishing and being outdoors. He also enjoys finding ways to break web applications and home renovation projects.

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