# CVE-2008-0356: Buffer overflow in the Independent Management Architecture (IMA) service in Citrix Presentation Server (MetaFrame Presentation Server) 4.5 a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-01-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the Independent Management Architecture (IMA) service in Citrix Presentation Server (MetaFrame Presentation Server) 4.5 and earlier, Access Essentials 2.0 and earlier, and Desktop Server 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid size value in a packet to TCP port 2512 or 2513.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486585/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28508
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0172
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412228
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019231
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27329
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-002.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX114487

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