NetScaler crash after upgrading to version NS 13.1 Build 45.63 or NS 13.0 Build 90.11 with HTTP/2 enabled

NetScaler crash after upgrading to version NS 13.1 Build 45.63 or NS 13.0 Build 90.11 with HTTP/2 enabled

Overview

Citrix has identified an isolated issue in which some customers experienced a crash condition after upgrading to the current build with HTTP/2 enabled.

What Product is Affected?

NetScaler appliance upgraded to version NS13.1 Build 45.63 or NS13.0 Build 90.11

*No other versions are impacted by this HTTP/2 issue.

Is there a workaround or fix?

Workaround: Disable http2 in the HTTP profile bound to the virtual server.

Fix: Engineering is working on a code fix and will update the ETA of the next build as soon as possible.

How to verify if http2 is enabled?

Run the following command from the CLI and verify if http2Direct Is reported as enabled.

> show run | grep http2

Example of output if enabled:

> set ns httpProfile <name of httpprofile> -http2 ENABLED -http2Direct ENABLED

Example of output if not enabled:

> set ns httpProfile <name of httpprofile> -http2 DISABLED -http2Direct DISABLED

How to disable http2 if enabled?

> set ns httpProfile <name of the httpprofile> -http2 DISABLED -http2Direct DISABLED

NetScaler ADC and NetSCaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-24487, CVE-2023-24488

NetScaler ADC and NetSCaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-24487, CVE-2023-24488

Citrix published on May, 9th a new Security Bulletin for NetScaler ADC and Netscaler Gateway. The severity is rated as medium. AXACOM is recommending to upgrade the NetScaler ADCs and Gateways in the next few days according to the Citrix CTX477714.

Please monitor as well the Citrix CTX article under the following link:

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX477714/citrix-adc-and-citrix-gateway-security-bulletin-for-cve202324487-cve202324488

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway listed below, that, if exploited, could result in the following security issues: 

Impacted Products, Versions and Components

The following supported versions of Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway are affected by this vulnerability: 

  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 13.1 before 13.1-45.61
  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 13.0 before 13.0-90.11
  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 12.1 before 12.1-65.35
  • Citrix ADC 12.1-FIPS before 12.1-55.296
  • Citrix ADC 12.1-NDcPP before 12.1-55.296

This bulletin only applies to customer-managed Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway. Customers using Citrix-managed cloud services or Citrix-managed Adaptive Authentication do not need to take any action. 

CVE IDDescriptionPre-requisitesCWECVSS
CVE-2023-24488Cross site scriptingAppliance must be configured as a Gateway (SSL VPN, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) OR AAA virtual serverCWE-796.1
CVE-2023-24487Arbitrary file readAccess to NSIP or SNIP with management interface accessCWE-2536.3

What Customers Should Do

Affected customers of Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway are recommended to install the relevant updated versions of Citrix ADC or Citrix Gateway as soon as possible: 

  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 13.1-45.61 and later releases
  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 13.0-90.11 and later releases of 13.0  
  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 12.1-65.35 and later releases of 12.1  
  • Citrix ADC 12.1-FIPS 12.1-55.296 and later releases of 12.1-FIPS  
  • Citrix ADC 13.1-FIPS 13.1-37.150 and later releases of 13.1-FIPS  
  • Citrix ADC 12.1-NDcPP 12.1-55.296 and later releases of 12.1-NDcPP 
NetScaler ADC and NetSCaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-24487, CVE-2023-24488

Citrix Gateway and Citrix ADC Security Bulletin for CVE-2022-27510 CVE-2022-27513 and CVE-2022-27516

Description of Problem

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Citrix Gateway and Citrix ADC, listed below. Note that only appliances that are operating as a Gateway (appliances using the SSL VPN functionality or deployed as an ICA proxy with authentication enabled) are affected by the first issue, which is rated as a Critical severity vulnerability. 

CVE-ID  Description  CWE  Affected Products Pre-conditions 
CVE-2022-27510 Unauthorized access to Gateway user capabilities CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Citrix Gateway, Citrix ADC Appliance must be configured as a  VPN (Gateway) 
CVE-2022-27513 Remote desktop takeover via phishing CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Citrix Gateway, Citrix ADC Appliance must be configured as a  VPN (Gateway) and the RDP proxy functionality must be configured
CVE-2022-27516 User login brute force protection functionality bypass CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure Citrix Gateway, Citrix ADC Appliance must be configured as a  VPN (Gateway)          OR AAA virtual server  and the user lockout functionality “Max Login Attempts” must be configured 

The following supported versions of Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway are affected by this vulnerability: 

  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 13.1 before 13.1-33.47 
  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 13.0 before 13.0-88.12 
  • Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway 12.1 before 12.1.65.21
  • Citrix ADC 12.1-FIPS before 12.1-55.289 
  • Citrix ADC 12.1-NDcPP before 12.1-55.289 

This bulletin only applies to customer-managed Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway appliances. Customers using Citrix-managed cloud services do not need to take any action.

Please monitor any changes on the Citrix article as well: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX463706/citrix-gateway-and-citrix-adc-security-bulletin-for-cve202227510-cve202227513-and-cve202227516

NetScaler ADC and NetSCaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-24487, CVE-2023-24488

Exchange 0-day-Exploit 2022

CVE-2022-41040, CVE-2022-41082

Security Bulletin | High 

Microsoft is investigating two reported zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. The first vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-41040, is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, while the second, identified as CVE-2022-41082, allows remote code execution (RCE) when PowerShell is accessible to the attacker.  


What Customers Should Do

To protect your on-prem Exchange you can bind a responder policy on the Citrix ADC contentswitch handling all the Exchange related traffic:

add responder policy rspol_exchange_zeroday_oct_22 "HTTP.REQ.URL.PATH.SET_TEXT_MODE(IGNORECASE).STARTSWITH(\"/autodiscover\") && HTTP.REQ.URL.PATH_AND_QUERY.SET_TEXT_MODE(IGNORECASE).REGEX_MATCH(re/.*autodiscover\\.json.*\\@.*Powershell.*/)" RESET

Update 05.10.2022 (https://www.heise.de/news/Exchange-0-Day-Microsoft-korrigiert-Workaround-7284241.html):

add responder policy rspol_exchange_zeroday_oct_22 "HTTP.REQ.URL.PATH.SET_TEXT_MODE(IGNORECASE).STARTSWITH(\"/autodiscover\") && HTTP.REQ.URL.PATH_AND_QUERY.SET_TEXT_MODE(IGNORECASE).REGEX_MATCH(re/.*autodiscover\\.json.*.*Powershell.*/)" RESET

Bind this responder to the Exchange contentswitch.

Customers whose internal traffic flows directly to the Exchange servers should also implement the suggested mitigations described here: https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2022/09/29/customer-guidance-for-reported-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-microsoft-exchange-server/

At the moment Citrix has not released any official WAF signatures.

In case you need help please open a ticket in your AXACOM Support Portal.

NetScaler ADC and NetSCaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-24487, CVE-2023-24488

Critical Citrix ADM (MAS) Security Bulletin for CVE-2022-27511 and CVE-2022-27512

Description of Problem

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Citrix Application Delivery Management (Citrix ADM) that, if exploited, could result in the following security issues: 

  • Corruption of the system by a remote, unauthenticated user. The impact of this can include the reset of the administrator password at the next device reboot, allowing an attacker with ssh access to connect with the default administrator credentials after the device has rebooted. 
  • Temporary disruption of the ADM license service. The impact of this includes preventing new licenses from being issued or renewed by Citrix ADM. 
CVE-ID  Description  CWE  Pre-conditions 
CVE-2022-27511 Corruption of the system by a remote, unauthenticated user potentially leading to the reset of the administrator password CWE-284: Improper Access Control Access to ADM IP 
CVE-2022-27512 Temporary disruption of the ADM license service  CWE-664: Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime Access to ADM IP 

Da der ADM Zugangsdaten & Zugriff auf die konfigurierten Instanzen hat, wird empfohlen die Sicherheitslücke rasch zu schliessen in dem die ADM Instanz auf eine der folgenden Versionen aktualisiert wird:

  • Citrix ADM 13.1-21.53 and later versions of 13.1 
  • Citrix ADM 13.0-85.19 and later versions of 13.0 

Als Mitigation kann versucht werden die ADM Management IP über eine Firewall zu sperren.

Normalerweise ist das ADM nur von intern zugänglich wodurch das Risiko einer Ausnutzung der Schwachstelle relativ klein ist. Ein Angreifer müsste bereits Zugang zum internen Netz haben. Wie die Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden kann ist bisher unbekannt.

Für detaillierte Informationen und weitere Schritte, folgen Sie bitte den Informationen im Original Citrix Artikel. Gerne unterstützen wir Sie bei bedarf bei dem Update.