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Citrix Security BulletinsCTX696836

XenServer Security Update for Multiple Issues

Several issues have been identified that affect XenServer 8.4 and XenServer 9. Collectively, these issues may allow a malicious privileged user in a guest VM to compromise or crash the host.

HighCVSS not listedHigh severity
Scope

What the vendor says is affected

  • XenServer
  • These issues affect XenServer 8.4 and XenServer 9.
Next step

What the vendor recommends

We have pushed updates to both the Early Access and Normal update channels of each of XenServer 8.4 and XenServer 9. We recommend that customers update to the latest version from their chosen channel following the instructions at https://docs.xenserver.com/en-us/xenserver/8/update or https://docs.xenserver.com/en-us/xenserver/9/update

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Update history

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