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CVE-2024-5661

Potential Denial of Service affecting XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor

Published: Jun 13, 2024Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
6.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An issue has been identified in both XenServer 8 and Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 LTSR which may allow a malicious administrator of a guest VM to cause the host to become slow and/or unresponsive.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:CC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Citrix
commercial·USaka application delivery controller firmware, netscaler gateway firmware, xenserver
XenServerOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
hypervisorOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
Citrix HypervisorOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
commercial·RU
РОСА ХРОМOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Citrix Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka netscaler gateway, citrix gateway, citrix adc
Citrix HypervisorOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS
The Linux Foundation
oss-project·USaka linux foundation, linuxfoundation.org
XenServer
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX677100/xenserver-and-citrix-hypervisor-security-update-for-cve20245661
support.citrix.com
https://vuldb.com/?id.268072
vuldb.com
https://abf.rosa.ru/advisories/ROSA-SA-2026-3227
abf.rosa.ru
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