CVE-2024-5661

Potential Denial of Service affecting XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor

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Published Jun 13, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Citrix

Citrix Hypervisor

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8`	affected	≤ 0
`8.2 CU1 LTSR`	affected	≤ XS82ECU1068

Citrix

XenServer

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8`	affected	≤ 0
`8.2 CU1 LTSR`	affected	≤ XS82ECU1068

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:citrix:hypervisor:8.2:cumulative_update1:::long_term_service:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.171% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX677100/xenserver-and-citrix-hypervisor-security-update-for-cve20245661

History

Oct 28, 2024 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Citrix Hypervisor Xenserver

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 28, 2024, 7:54 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Citrix
Published: Jun 13, 2024, 5:58 AM
Updated: Oct 28, 2024, 7:54 PM
Reserved: Jun 5, 2024, 5:26 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:18 PM

Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:18 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 8:16 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 13, 2024, 6:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 8:16 AM

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