CVE-2011-1898

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."
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:27

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References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062112.html - () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062112.html -
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062139.html - () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062139.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00017.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00017.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00018.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00018.html -
References () http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/05/following-white-rabbit-software-attacks.html - () http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/05/following-white-rabbit-software-attacks.html -
References () http://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/2011/Software%20Attacks%20on%20Intel%20VT-d.pdf - Exploit () http://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/2011/Software%20Attacks%20on%20Intel%20VT-d.pdf - Exploit
References () http://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/Xen-security-advisory-CVE-2011-1898-VT-d-PCI-passthrough-MSI-td4390298.html - () http://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/Xen-security-advisory-CVE-2011-1898-VT-d-PCI-passthrough-MSI-td4390298.html -
References () http://xen.org/download/index_4.0.2.html - Patch () http://xen.org/download/index_4.0.2.html - Patch

Information

Published : 2011-08-12 18:55

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:27


NVD link : CVE-2011-1898

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1898

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1898


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Products Affected

citrix

  • xen
CWE
CWE-264

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