CVE-2016-10024 Denial of service in n/a
Local guest kernel administrators can cause host denial of service by modifying instruction streams during kernel operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10024?
CVE-2016-10024 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Citrix Xenserver, published on 26 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel operations.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10024?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Citrix Xenserver, Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10024?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10024 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10024 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Citrix Xenserver
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-10024, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10024, GHSA-w5vf-65qx-rxw9, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10024.