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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.0485
Vulnerability in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box Could Result in Credential Disclosure
10 April 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Citrix VDI-in-a-Box
Publisher: Citrix
Operating System: VMware ESX Server
Citrix XenServer
Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V
Impact/Access: Reduced Security -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-2690
Original Bulletin:
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX140106
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Vulnerability in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box Could Result in Credential Disclosure
CTX140106
Created On Apr 08, 2014
Updated On Apr 08, 2014
Security Bulletin
See Applicable Products
Severity: High
Description of Problem
A vulnerability has been identified in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box that could result
in administrator credentials being logged to disk.
This vulnerability affects Citrix VDI-in-a-Box version 5.3.x up to and
including 5.3.5 and version 5.4.x up to and including 5.4.1. Older versions of
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box are not affected by this vulnerability.
This vulnerability has been assigned the following CVE number:
- - CVE-2014-2690: Vulnerability in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box Could Result in
Credential Disclosure
What Customers Should Do
This vulnerability has been addressed in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box versions 5.3.6
and later and version 5.4.2 and later. Citrix recommends that customers
upgrade their VDI-in-a-Box deployments to these versions. These upgrades can
be obtained from the following location:
Citrix VDI in a Box:
Version 5.4.3: https://www.citrix.com/downloads/vdi-in-a-box/product-software/vdi-in-a-box-543
Version 5.3.6: https://www.citrix.com/downloads/vdi-in-a-box/product-software/vdi-in-a-box-53
A MyCitrix login is required to access these files.
Further information on how to apply the upgrades can be found in the following
document :
CTX140490 – VDI-in-a-Box Hotfix Upgrades
Citrix strongly recommends that, following the upgrade and image revision
process, customers consider changing the credentials of the administrator used
to import and prepare the desktop images.
What Citrix Is Doing
Citrix is notifying customers and channel partners about this potential
security issue. This article is also available from the Citrix Knowledge
Center at http://support.citrix.com/.
Obtaining Support on This Issue
If you require technical assistance with this issue, please contact Citrix
Technical Support. Contact details for Citrix Technical Support are available
at http://www.citrix.com/site/ss/supportContacts.asp.
Reporting Security Vulnerabilities to Citrix
Citrix welcomes input regarding the security of its products and considers any
and all potential vulnerabilities seriously. If you would like to report a
security issue to Citrix, please compose an e-mail to secure@citrix.com
stating the exact version of the product in which the vulnerability was found
and the steps needed to reproduce the vulnerability.
Applicable Products
VDI-in-a-Box 5.2
VDI-in-a-Box 5.3
VDI-in-a-Box 5.4
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