CVE-2023-6549 (GCVE-0-2023-6549)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-17 20:15
Modified
2025-10-21 23:05
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Summary
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service and Out-Of-Bounds Memory Read
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cloud Software Group NetScaler ADC  Version: 14.1
Version: 13.1
Version: 13.0
Version: 13.1-FIPS
Version: 12.1-FIPS
Version: 12.1-NDcPP
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Date added: 2024-01-17

Due date: 2024-02-07

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX584986/netscaler-adc-and-netscaler-gateway-security-bulletin-for-cve20236548-and-cve20236549; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6549

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