Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2024 · Assigned by Citrix

CVE-2024-5661Potential Denial of Service affecting XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Citrix Hypervisor from Citrix. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Citrix Citrix Hypervisor 8 – through 08.2 CU1 LTSR – through XS82ECU1068
Citrix XenServer 8 – through 08.2 CU1 LTSR – through XS82ECU1068

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