Resource exhaustion in Citrix XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor - CVE-2024-5661
Published: July 11, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94097
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5661
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Citrix
Affected software:
Citrix XenServer
Citrix Hypervisor
Citrix XenServer
Citrix Hypervisor
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A malicious administrator of the guest OS can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against the hypervisor.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-5661
Install updates from vendor's website.