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CVE-2021-22955 (GCVE-0-2021-22955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-07 13:12 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:58
VLAI
Summary
A unauthenticated denial of service vulnerability exists in Citrix ADC <13.0-83.27, <12.1-63.22 and 11.1-65.23 when configured as a VPN (Gateway) or AAA virtual server could allow an attacker to cause a temporary disruption of the Management GUI, Nitro API, and RPC communication.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Denial of Service (CWE-400)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Citrix ADC, Citrix Gateway Affected: Citrix ADC 111.1, 2.1, 13.0,13.1
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