Citrix Presentation Server IMA Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:27329

Info

Citrix Presentation Server IMA Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27329
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0356
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 15 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: TippingPoint and the ZDI are credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Citrix Presentation Server 4.0
Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0
Citrix Desktop Server 1.0 x64
Citrix Desktop Server 1.0
Citrix Access Essentials 2.0
Citrix Access Essentials 1.5
Citrix Access Essentials 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Citrix Presentation Server IMA Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Citrix Presentation Server is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the IMA service fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer.

Successfully exploiting this issue may allow attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the IMA server process. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

The issue affects the following versions:

Citrix MetaFrame and Presentation Server 4.5 (and earlier)
Citrix Access Essentials 2.0 (and earlier)
Citrix Desktop Server 1.0 (and earlier)

Exploit / POC

Citrix Presentation Server IMA Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

DSquare Security has developed a working commercial exploit for its D2 Exploitation Pack product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

Citrix Presentation Server IMA Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

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