Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates (CTX223291)
🗓️ 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 81 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of Xen hypervisors allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code. | 5 Jun 201700:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Xen has an unspecified vulnerability | 17 May 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Xen Code Execution Vulnerability | 17 May 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Xen memory corruption vulnerability (CNVD-2017-06936) | 17 May 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates | 2 May 201704:00 | – | citrix | |
| CVE-2017-8903 | 11 May 201719:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-8904 | 11 May 201719:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-8905 | 11 May 201719:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-8903 | 11 May 201719:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2017-8904 | 11 May 201719:00 | – | cvelist |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| support | www.support.citrix.com/article/CTX223291 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106911");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-28 10:07:10 +0700 (Wed, 28 Jun 2017)");
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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-03 00:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8903", "CVE-2017-8904", "CVE-2017-8905");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates (CTX223291)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Citrix Xenserver Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gb_xenserver_version.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("xenserver/product_version", "xenserver/patches");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A number of security issues have been identified within Citrix XenServer.
These issues could, if exploited, allow a malicious administrator of a PV guest VM to compromise the host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities have been addressed:
- CVE-2017-8903: x86: 64bit PV guest breakout via pagetable use-after-mode-change
- CVE-2017-8904: Grant transfer allows PV guest to elevate privileges
- CVE-2017-8905: Possible memory corruption via failsafe callback");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Check the installed hotfixes.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XenServer versions 7.1, 7.0, 6.5, 6.2.0, 6.0.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the hotfix referenced in the advisory.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX223291");
exit(0);
}
include("citrix_version_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!hotfixes = get_kb_item("xenserver/patches"))
exit(0);
patches = make_array();
patches["7.1.0"] = make_list("XS71E007");
patches["7.0.0"] = make_list("XS70E034");
patches["6.5.0"] = make_list("XS65ESP1054");
patches["6.2.0"] = make_list("XS62ESP1060");
patches["6.0.2"] = make_list("XS602ECC044");
citrix_xenserver_check_report_is_vulnerable(version: version, hotfixes: hotfixes, patches: patches);
exit(99);
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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 27.2
CVSS 38.8
EPSS0.0049