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Vulnerability in #Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition 5.0 – #AG
Vulnerability in Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition 5.0 Could Result in Unauthorized Access to Network Resources
Document ID: CTX136623 / Created On: Mar 5, 2013 / Updated On: Mar 5, 2013

Description of Problem
A vulnerability has been identified in Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition that could allow an unauthenticated user to gain access to network resources.
This vulnerability has been assigned the following CVE number:
• CVE-2013-2263
This vulnerability affects all 5.0.x versions of the Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition appliance firmware earlier than 5.0.4.223524.
Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition versions 4.5.x and 4.6.x are not affected by this vulnerability.
What Customers Should Do
A patch for version 5.0.4 of the Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition firmware has been released to address this vulnerability. Citrix strongly recommends that all customers using affected versions of Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition apply this patch to their appliances as soon as possible.
This patch can be found at the following location under the Appliance Firmware section (you will need to login with your MyCitrix ID):
http://www.citrix.com/downloads/netscaler-access-gateway/product-software/access-gateway-504.html
Acknowledgements
Citrix thanks Ben Williams, David Middlehurst and James Eaton-Lee of NCCGroup (http://www.nccgroup.com) for working with us to protect Citrix customers.
What Citrix Is Doing
Citrix is notifying customers and channel partners…
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//Richard
Access Gateway Licensing Demystified
Ok, this is a good blog post from Prashant Batra and touches an area that I get so many questions about!
Access Gateway Licensing Demystified
Access Gateway discussed in this blog is the Access Gateway based on NetScaler, which is popularly referred to as Access Gateway Enterprise. Citrix has recently announced End of Life for all non-NetScaler based Access Gateway platforms, which then makes Enterprise edition, the de-facto Access Gateway.
In this blog, we will discuss the two license types used on your Access Gateway appliance, the two kinds of vServers you can set up to leverage these licenses to provide standard / advanced functionalities, and an example scenario towards the end, to help illustrate these concepts in a real scenario.
License Types
Access Gateway is licensed at two levels:
- Platform License
- Universal License
Platform Licenses
Every Access Gateway (VPX/MPX) comes with a… continue reading here!
//Richard