Summary
An issue has been identified in XenServer 8.4 which, when starting a VM on a host with limited available memory, may allow a privileged user in that newly starting VM to access memory data of a previously terminated VM. This issue has the following identifier:
Products covered
XenServer
This issue affects XenServer 8.4. (Note that XenServer 9 is in Public Preview; releases in preview state are not intended for production use and so are not covered by security bulletins until they exit preview state.)
Remediation
We have pushed updates to both the Early Access and Normal update channels of XenServer 8.4. 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
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