CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-24490

Improper Access Control

Published: Jul 10, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Users with only access to launch VDA applications can launch an unauthorized desktop

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix * 2305 (excluding)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 1912 (including) 1912 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 1912-cu1 (including) 1912-cu1 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 1912-cu2 (including) 1912-cu2 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 1912-cu3 (including) 1912-cu3 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 1912-cu4 (including) 1912-cu4 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 1912-cu5 (including) 1912-cu5 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 1912-cu6 (including) 1912-cu6 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 2203 (including) 2203 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 2203-cu1 (including) 2203-cu1 (including)
Virtual_apps_and_desktops Citrix 2203-cu2 (including) 2203-cu2 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix * 2305 (excluding)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 1912 (including) 1912 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 1912-cu1 (including) 1912-cu1 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 1912-cu2 (including) 1912-cu2 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 1912-cu3 (including) 1912-cu3 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 1912-cu4 (including) 1912-cu4 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 1912-cu5 (including) 1912-cu5 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 1912-cu6 (including) 1912-cu6 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 2203 (including) 2203 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 2203-cu1 (including) 2203-cu1 (including)
Linux_virtual_delivery_agent Citrix 2203-cu2 (including) 2203-cu2 (including)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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