# CVE-2011-2883: The NSEPA.NsepaCtrl.1 ActiveX control in nsepa.ocx in Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition 8.1 before 8.1-67.7, 9.0 before 9.0-70.5, and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-07-21 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The NSEPA.NsepaCtrl.1 ActiveX control in nsepa.ocx in Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition 8.1 before 8.1-67.7, 9.0 before 9.0-70.5, and 9.1 before 9.1-96.4 attempts to validate signed DLLs by checking the certificate subject, not the signature, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTTP header data referencing a DLL that was signed with a crafted certificate.

## 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://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=928

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