Critical Citrix DDoS Bug Shuts Down Network, Cloud App Access

A critical security bug in the Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway could allow cyberattackers to crash entire corporate networks without needing to authenticate.

Citrix also addressed a lower-severity bug that is likewise due to uncontrolled resource consumption.

The latter provides optimization for Citrix SD-WAN deployments, which enable secure connectivity and seamless access to virtual, cloud and software-as-a-service apps across enterprise and branch locations.

All of this makes them an attractive target for cybercriminals, and indeed, the Citrix ADC and Gateway in particular are no spring chickens when it comes to the critical vulnerability scene.

While Citrix didn’t release technical details on the latest bugs, VulnDB noted on Wednesday that for CVE-2021-22955, “The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. The exploitation doesn’t require any form of authentication.” It assigned a severity score of 5.1 out of 10 to the bug, despite Citrix’ internal rating of “Critical.”

In the case of the first Citrix ADC and Gateway bug, appliances must be configured as a VPN or AAA virtual server in order to be vulnerable.

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