Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a Xen virtualization denial-of-service issue. A user inside a guest operating system can trigger a host crash on affected x86-64 Xen or Citrix XenServer systems. The main business risk is outage: one compromised or malicious guest could disrupt other workloads on the same host. Exposure is limited to organizations still running the listed Xen or Citrix XenServer versions on x86-64. Risk is higher in multi-tenant or untrusted guest environments, where a guest user may have a path to affect host availability. Treat this as an availability risk for legacy virtualization estates. It is not described as a remote takeover, but a vulnerable shared host can be crashed from a guest, creating business disruption across co-located workloads. Mitigation focus: Identify x86-64 hosts running Xen 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, or XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier.; Review Xen XSA-12, Citrix CTX134708, and OS vendor advisories for fixed packages.; Apply vendor-supported hypervisor or distribution updates through normal maintenance controls..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851139CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- GLSA-201604-03CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- xen-setdebugreg-dos(78265)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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