Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-9679. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Citrix Provisioning Services up to 7.11 (Connectivity Software). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Citrix Provisioning Services before 7.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a function pointer.

The bug was discovered 01/17/2017. The weakness was shared 01/18/2017 by Fabien Perigaud with Airbus (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-9679 since 11/30/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96630 (Citrix Provisioning Services 7.x < 7.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX219580)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 7.12 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (96630) and SecurityFocus (BID 95620†). The entries VDB-95526, VDB-95527, VDB-95528 and VDB-95530 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 96630
Nessus Name: Citrix Provisioning Services 7.x < 7.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX219580)
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OpenVAS ID: 801854
OpenVAS Name: Citrix Provisioning Services Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Provisioning Services 7.12

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01/17/2017 +48 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: citrix.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Fabien Perigaud
Organization: Airbus
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9679 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9679
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95529
SecurityFocus: 95620 - Citrix Provisioning Services Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-9679 - Citrix - Provisioning Services - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037625

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2017 09:47
Updated: 05/14/2026 00:50
Changes: 01/19/2017 09:47 (70), 07/24/2020 18:49 (9), 11/01/2022 14:56 (3), 05/14/2026 00:50 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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