Citrix Application Delivery Controller

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary code on a targeted system.

Citrix application delivery controller.

The cert coordination center cert cc has released information on a vulnerability affecting citrix application delivery controller and citrix gateway. An application delivery controller adc is a computer network device in a datacenter often part of an application delivery network adn that helps perform common tasks such as those done by web accelerators to remove load from the web servers themselves. Simplify your application deployment across traditional and cloud. This vulnerability was detected in exploits in the wild.

As of january 24 2020 citrix has released all expected updates in response to cve 2019 19781. Citrix adc formerly netscaler adc is the most comprehensive application delivery and load balancing solution for application security holistic visibility and operational consistency for monolithic and microservices based applications across hybrid multi cloud. Citrix application delivery controller citrix gateway and citrix sd wan wanop appliance security update. The delivery controller is the server side component that is responsible for managing user access plus brokering and optimizing connections.

A site must have at least one controller. Round robin which forwards client requests to each server in turn is a fairly rudimentary form of load balancing. Security bulletin medium. Is impacted by these vulnerabilities.

An application delivery controller employs algorithms and policies to determine how inbound application traffic is distributed. With a software first approach citrix adc delivers an exceptional application experience. Many also provide load balancing adcs are often placed in the dmz between the outer firewall or router and a web farm. Citrix recommends that customers using this version upgrade to a later version that addresses these issues.

On january 22 2020 citrix released security updates for vulnerable sd wan wanop appliances.