Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-5933

Title: Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller Firmware Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-5933.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Feb 08, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.9 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-5933: Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway 10.5 before Build 65.11, 11.0 before Build 69.12/69.123, and 11.1 before Build 51.21 randomly generates GCM nonces, which makes it marginally easier for remote attackers to obtain the GCM authentication key and spoof data by leveraging a reused nonce in a session and a "forbidden attack," a similar issue to CVE-2016-0270.

Impacted Vendors

citrix 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96151 https://github.com/nonce-disrespect/nonce-disrespect https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220329 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96151 https://github.com/nonce-disrespect/nonce-disrespect https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220329

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns