Citrix XenServer Security Update for CVE-2016-9603 (CTX221578)
🗓️ 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| support | www.support.citrix.com/article/CTX221578 |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140191");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9603");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_name("Citrix XenServer Security Update for CVE-2016-9603 (CTX221578)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX221578");
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 security issue has been identified within Citrix XenServer.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This issue could, if exploited, allow the administrator of an HVM guest VM to compromise the host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities have been addressed:
- CVE-2016-9603: QEMU: Cirrus VGA Heap overflow via display refresh.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XenServer 7.1
XenServer 7.0
XenServer 6.5
XenServer 6.2.0
XenServer 6.0.2");
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:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:"2018-09-07 10:29:00 +0000 (Fri, 07 Sep 2018)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-03-16 10:16:27 +0100 (Thu, 16 Mar 2017)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Citrix Xenserver Local Security Checks");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 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["7.1.0"] = make_list( "XS71E005" );
patches["7.0.0"] = make_list( "XS70E031" );
patches["6.5.0"] = make_list( "XS65ESP1052" );
patches["6.2.0"] = make_list( "XS62ESP1058" );
patches["6.0.2"] = make_list( "XS602ECC042" );
citrix_xenserver_check_report_is_vulnerable( version:version, hotfixes:hotfixes, patches:patches );
exit( 99 );
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