Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Citrix Access Gateway Plug-in for Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused by an integer overflow error in the nsepacom ActiveX control (nsepa.exe) when processing HTTP responses based on the request via the "StartEpa()" method. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted "Content-Length" HTTP response header. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. Citrix Access Gateway Plug-in for Windows version 9.3.49.5 is affected.
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Secunia Research 01/08/2012
- Citrix Access Gateway Plug-in for Windows -
- "nsepacom" ActiveX Integer Overflow Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Citrix Access Gateway Plug-in for Windows version 9.3.49.5.
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Citrix Access Gateway Plug-in is client software for Windows XP and
Windows Vista (32-bit) that enables secure connectivity through
Access Gateway, Enterprise Edition."
Product Link:
http://www.citrix.com/site/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadId=
1535878&productId=15005
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Citrix Access
Gateway Plug-in for Windows, which can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused by an integer overflow error in the
nsepacom ActiveX control (nsepa.exe) when processing HTTP responses
based on the request via the "StartEpa()" method. This can be
exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially
crafted "Content-Length" HTTP response header.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
No official solution is currently available.
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6) Time Table
19/07/2011 - Vendor notified.
21/07/2011 - Vendor response.
20/01/2012 - Requested status update.
08/02/2012 - Vendor response, fix not scheduled.
09/05/2012 - Requested status update.
09/05/2012 - Vendor response, fix scheduled for June.
03/07/2012 - Requested status update.
21/07/2012 - Vendor response, fix delayed.
01/08/2012 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Dmitriy Pletnev, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2011-2593 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-26/
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