CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2015-3642 — Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller security vulnerability
The TLS and DTLS processing functionality in Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway devices with firmware 9.x before 9.3 Build 68.5, 10.0 through Build 78.6, 10.1 before Build 130.13, 10.1.e before Build 130.1302.e, 10.5 before Build 55.8, and 10.5.e before Build 55.8007.e makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding-oracle attack, a variant of CVE-2014-3566 (aka POODLE).
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.9 (3.0)
- Published
- 2017-08-02
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- hardware/firmware
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Affected products
- citrix / netscaler_application_delivery_controller
- citrix / netscaler_gateway
Matched remediation archetype
Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure
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Check exposure
- Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
- Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
- Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.
Remediate safely
- Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
- Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
- Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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