CVE-2017-12135

HIGH 8.8CVE-2017-12135 · Published 24/08/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-12135 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting xenserver (citrix).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.45%, higher than 39.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xenserver citrix	`= 6.0.2= 6.2.0= 6.5= 7.0= 7.1= 7.2`	No fix yet

Description

Xen allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via vectors involving transitive grants.

References

debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969 · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/1 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/6 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/4
securityfocus.com/bid/100344 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1039178 · Third Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-226.html · Mitigation
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 · Third Party Advisory
support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941 · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

xenserver

citrix

= 6.0.2= 6.2.0= 6.5= 7.0= 7.1= 7.2

No fix yet

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