CVE-2011-3131

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49146
http://secunia.com/advisories/45622	Vendor Advisory
http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-06/msg01106.html
http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-08/msg00450.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/staging/xen-4.1-testing.hg/rev/84e3706df07a	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2012-12-13 03:53

Updated : 2012-12-13 03:53

NVD link : CVE-2011-3131

Mitre link : CVE-2011-3131

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

xen

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