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Citrix Systems, Inc.: CVE-2016-6493: Memory Permission Weakness in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop

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Citrix Systems, Inc.: CVE-2016-6493: Memory Permission Weakness in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/15/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Citrix XenApp 6.x before 6.5 HRP07 and 7.x before 7.9 and Citrix XenDesktop before 7.9 might allow attackers to weaken an unspecified security mitigation via vectors related to memory permission.

Solution(s)

  • xendesktop-cve-2016-6493

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