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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140303
Category:Citrix Xenserver Local Security Checks
Title:Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates (CTX225941)
Summary: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.
Description:Summary:
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.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following vulnerabilities have been addressed:

- CVE-2017-12134: (High) linux: Fix Xen block IO merge-ability calculation.

- CVE-2017-12135: (Medium) multiple problems with transitive grants.

- CVE-2017-12136: (High) grant_table: Race conditions with maptrack free list handling.

- CVE-2017-12137: (High) x86: PV privilege escalation via map_grant_ref.

- CVE-2017-12855: (Low) grant_table: possibly premature clearing of GTF_writing / GTF_reading.

Affected Software/OS:
XenServer versions 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.5, 6.2.0, 6.0.2.

Solution:
Apply the hotfix referenced in the advisory.

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12134
BugTraq ID: 100343
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100343
Debian Security Information: DSA-3981 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477656
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/4
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039176
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12135
BugTraq ID: 100344
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100344
Debian Security Information: DSA-3969 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477655
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/4
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039178
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12136
BugTraq ID: 100346
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100346
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477651
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039175
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12137
BugTraq ID: 100342
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100342
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477657
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039174
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12855
BugTraq ID: 100341
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100341
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039177
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