CVE-2024-5661 (GCVE-0-2024-5661)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-13 05:58 – Updated: 2024-10-28 19:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Potential Denial of Service affecting XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor
Summary
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.
Severity
6 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-14 20:17 UTC
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrix | Citrix Hypervisor |
Affected:
8 , ≤ 0
(patch)
Affected: 8.2 CU1 LTSR , ≤ XS82ECU1068 (hotfix) |
guessed | |
| Citrix | XenServer |
Affected:
8 , ≤ 0
(patch)
Affected: 8.2 CU1 LTSR , ≤ XS82ECU1068 (hotfix) |
guessed |
Date Public
2024-06-12 05:54
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