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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2024.2272
XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor Security Update for CVE-2023-46842,
CVE-2024-2201 and CVE-2024-31142
12 April 2024
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Citrix Hypervisor
XenServer
Publisher: Citrix Systems
Operating System: Citrix XenServer
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2024-31142 CVE-2023-46842 CVE-2024-2201
Original Bulletin:
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX633151/xenserver-and-citrix-hypervisor-security-update-for-cve202346842-cve20242201-and-cve202431142
Comment: CVSS (Max): 6.5 CVE-2023-46842 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVSS Source: [SUSE], Red Hat
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor Security Update for CVE-2023-46842, CVE-2024-2201 and CVE-2024-31142
Reference: CTX633151
Category : Severity: High
Created : 11 April 2024
Modified : 11 April 2024
Applicable Products
o Citrix Hypervisor
o XenServer
Description of Problem
Two issues have been identified that affect XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor;
each issue may allow malicious unprivileged code in a guest VM to infer the
contents of memory belonging to its own or other VMs on the same host.
These issues have the following identifiers:
o CVE-2024-2201
o CVE-2024-31142
CVE-2024-2201 only affects deployments that use Intel CPUs; CVE-2024-31142 only
affects deployments that use AMD CPUs.
A further issue has been discovered that may allow malicious privileged code
running in a guest VM to cause the host to crash.
This issue has the following identifier:
o CVE-2023-46842
CVE-2023-46842 affects all deployments.
What Customers Should Do
For customers using XenServer 8, we have pushed an update to both the Early
Access and Normal update channels. 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
For customers using Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 LTSR, we have released a hotfix
to address this issue. We recommend that customers install this hotfix and
follow the instructions in the linked article as their update schedule permits.
The hotfix can be downloaded from the following location:
CTX588044 - https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX588044
What We Are Doing
We are notifying customers and channel partners about this potential security
issue through the publication of this security bulletin on the Citrix Knowledge
Center at https://support.citrix.com/securitybulletins .
Obtaining Support on This Issue
If you require technical assistance with this issue, please contact Citrix
Technical Support. Contact details for Citrix Technical Support are available
at https://www.citrix.com/support .
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Reporting Security Vulnerabilities to Us
We welcome input regarding the security of our products and consider any and
all potential vulnerabilities seriously. For details on our vulnerability
response process and guidance on how to report security-related issues to us,
please see the following webpage: https://www.citrix.com/about/trust-center/
vulnerability-process.html .
Disclaimer
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guarantee or warranty, including the warranties of merchantability or fitness
for a particular use. Your use of the information on the document is at your
own risk. Cloud Software Group reserves the right to change or update this
document at any time. Customers are therefore recommended to always view the
latest version of this document directly from the Citrix Knowledge Center.
Changelog
2024-04-09 Initial Publication
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