Citrix fixes bug used in ransomware attacks; GEDIA falls victim to exploit

Citrix fixes bug used in ransomware attacks; GEDIA falls victim to exploit

Citrix over the last six days has been releasing firmware updates to fix CVE-2019-19781, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its Citrix Application Delivery Controller, Citrix Gateway and SD-WAN WANOP products, which cybercriminals have actively exploited in an attempt to deliver ransomware, backdoors and coin miners.




The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based software company has now patched versions 11.1, 12.0, 12.1 and 13.0 of Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway (formerly branded as NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway), and expects to issue a fix for version 10.5 today.


Citrix also has issued releases 10.2.6 and 11.0.3 to repair the SD-WAN WANOP WAN Optimization solution, which comes with Citrix ADC packaged and was therefore also affected by the bug. These fixes apply to the SD-WAN 4000-WO, 5000-WO, 4100-WO, and 5100-WO platforms. (All other SD-WAN PE and SD-WAN SE platforms are not impacted by the vulnerability.)


Citrix has also issued a pair of helpful tools for its users, one that ensures the patch has been successfully applied and another that ..

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