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Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates (CTX202404)

🗓️ 26 Nov 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates (CTX202404) mentions vulnerabilities that may allow malicious actions by the administrator and affect all supported Citrix XenServer versions up to and including Citrix XenServer 6.5 Service Pack 1

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:citrix:xenserver";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105466");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7835", "CVE-2015-7969", "CVE-2015-7970", "CVE-2015-7971", "CVE-2015-7972");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");

  script_name("Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates (CTX202404)");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Check the installed hotfixes.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the hotfix referenced in the advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A number of security vulnerabilities have been identified in Citrix XenServer
  that may allow a malicious administrator of a guest VM to compromise the host and guest users to crash the host.
  These vulnerabilities affect all currently supported versions of Citrix XenServer up to and including Citrix
  XenServer 6.5 Service Pack 1.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities have been addressed:

  - CVE-2015-7835: Uncontrolled creation of large page mappings by PV guests

  - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array/Leak of per-domain profiling-related vcpu pointer array

  - CVE-2015-7970: Host crash when migrating a PoD VM

  - CVE-2015-7971: Some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate limiting

  - CVE-2015-7972: Populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash guests");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Citrix XenServer up to and including Citrix XenServer 6.5 Service Pack 1");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-11-26 12:29:16 +0100 (Thu, 26 Nov 2015)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Citrix Xenserver Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_xenserver_version.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("xenserver/product_version", "xenserver/patches");

  exit(0);
}

include("citrix_version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");

if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! hotfixes = get_kb_item("xenserver/patches") )
  exit( 0 );

patches = make_array();

patches["6.5.0"] = make_list( "XS65ESP1014", "XS65E015" );
patches["6.2.0"] = make_list( "XS62ESP1033" );
patches["6.1.0"] = make_list( "XS61E059" );
patches["6.0.2"] = make_list( "XS602E047", "XS602ECC023" );
patches["6.0.0"] = make_list( "XS60E052" );

citrix_xenserver_check_report_is_vulnerable( version:version, hotfixes:hotfixes, patches:patches );

exit( 99 );

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