CVE-2016-6493: Critical severity citrix vulnerability

Published Aug 19, 2016
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Updated

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.

Affected Software

9 affected components
Citrix XenApp=6.0.0.0
Citrix XenApp=6.5.0.0
Citrix XenApp=7.0.0.0
Citrix XenApp=7.1.0.0
Citrix XenApp=7.5.0.0
Citrix XenApp=7.6.0.0
Citrix XenApp=7.7.0.0
Citrix XenApp=7.8.0.0
Citrix XenDesktop<=7.8

Event History

Aug 19, 2016
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:00 PM
Description
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Is there public knowledge about CVE-2016-6493?

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