CVE-2011-1898
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.85 % · percentile 58 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not have interrupt remapping, allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges by "using DMA to generate MSI interrupts by writing to the interrupt injection registers."
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00018.html
- http://xen.org/download/index_4.0.2.html
- http://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/Xen-security-advisory-CVE-2011-1898-VT-d-PCI-passthrough-MSI-td4390298.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062139.html
- http://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/2011/Software%20Attacks%20on%20Intel%20VT-d.pdf
- http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/05/following-white-rabbit-software-attacks.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00017.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062112.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.4 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2011-1896
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2011-1898
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2011-AVI-628 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans l'hyperviseur <SPAN class="textit">Xen</SPAN> · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |