Number: AV20-016
Date: 20 January 2020
On 19 January 2020 Citrix released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-19781, for the following products:
• NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway version 12.0 all supported builds before 12.0.63.13
• NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway version 11.1 all supported builds before 11.1.63.15
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated remote actor to perform arbitrary code execution.
The remaining updates for Citrix ADC, Citrix Gateway, and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP are expected to be released before the end of January 2020. Review the below Citrix Advisory for further information.
The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the following Citrix publications and apply the necessary updates when available:
Citrix Advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX267027
Mitigation Steps
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX267679
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