VDB-79237 · CVE-2015-7998 · BID 77565

Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller/Gateway up to 10.1/10.5/10.5.e Administration UI information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller and Gateway up to 10.1/10.5/10.5.e. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Administration UI. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-7998. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller and Gateway up to 10.1/10.5/10.5.e (Network Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Administration UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The administration UI in Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway before 10.1 Build 133.9, 10.5 before Build 58.11, and 10.5.e before Build 56.1505.e on NetScaler Service Delivery Appliance Service VM (SVM) devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 11/17/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.citrix.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7998 since 10/28/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 10.1 Build 133.9, 10.5 Build 58.11 or 10.5.e Build 56.1505.e eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 77565†), SecurityTracker (ID 1034167†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54831†). The entries VDB-79235 and VDB-79236 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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OpenVAS ID: 801854
OpenVAS Name: Citrix NetScaler Service Delivery Appliance Multiple Security Updates (CTX202482)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Netscaler Application Delivery Controller/Gateway 10.1 Build 133.9/10.5 Build 58.11/10.5.e Build 56.1505.e

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10/28/2015 🔍
11/11/2015 +14 days 🔍
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11/17/2015 +6 days 🔍
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12/07/2015 +19 days 🔍
05/17/2018 +892 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: citrix.com

Advisory: support.citrix.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7998 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7998
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79237
SecurityFocus: 77565 - Citrix NetScaler Service Delivery Appliance Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034167
Vulnerability Center: 54831 - Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2015 10:16
Updated: 05/17/2018 23:25
Changes: 11/18/2015 10:16 (56), 05/17/2018 23:25 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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