CVE-2015-2841 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Citrix NetScaler AppFirewall, as used in NetScaler 10.5, allows remote attackers to bypass intended firewall restrictions via a crafted Content-Type header, as demonstrated by the application/octet-stream and text/xml Content-Types.

Published: 2015-04-03

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 4.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:netscaler:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-2929	Citrix NetScaler AppFirewall, as used in NetScaler 10.5, allows remote attackers to bypass intended firewall restrictions via a crafted Content-Type header, as demonstrated by the application/octet-stream and text/xml Content-Types.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04409.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/95
http://securitytracker.com/id/1031928
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36369/

History

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Subscriptions

Citrix Netscaler

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-04-03T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.887Z

Reserved: 2015-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2841

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-04-03T14:59:04.287

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2841

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-284

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