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Security Protection - Harry Waldron (CS)

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Exploitable Citrix Security Vulnerability - Patch Now

Citrix security should be updated where applicable in corporate environments:

Citrix Security Vulnerability - Patch Now
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2102
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX111686
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-0444
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-006.html

QUOTE: This is for Citrix users: Time to Patch! Another vulnerability was disclosed that affects the Citrix presentation plataform. This one, discovered by the ZeroDayInitiative is a buffer overflow vulnerability and received the CVE ID of CVE-2007-0444 (not much info there) and affects the Citrix Presentation  Server 4.0, Metaframe XP 1.0 and  Metaframe Presentation  Server 3.0.

If sucessfuly exploited, an attacker will be able to run code as System. Exploit for this vulnerability is available, so I really recommend the usual test and patch procedure!  Citrix has information about this vulnerability and the proper measures to take.