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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 57.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-08-12 18:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-05-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6b98ea7622867f0b83652f753387201b418b36ea52bba3d996cae5adff1a8ac6
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2011:0942http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00018.html
- xen.orghttp://xen.org/download/index_4.0.2.html
- xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com[xen-dev] 20110512 Xen security advisory CVE-2011-1898 - VT-d (PCI passthrough) MSIhttp://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/Xen-security-advisory-CVE-2011-1898-VT-d-PCI-passthrough-MSI-td4390298.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-8403http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062139.html
- www.invisiblethingslab.comhttp://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/2011/Software%20Attacks%20on%20Intel%20VT-d.pdf
- theinvisiblethings.blogspot.comhttp://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/05/following-white-rabbit-software-attacks.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2011:0941http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00017.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-8421http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062112.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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