CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-3131

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCI[E] device to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and host hang) via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xenDebian
Fixed in:4.1.2-1CVE-2011-3131
Fixed in:4.1.2-1CVE-2011-3131
Fixed in:4.1.2-1CVE-2011-3131
Fixed in:4.1.2-1CVE-2011-3131

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days
35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

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