CVE-2011-1898
EPSS 0.62%
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."
How to fix CVE-2011-1898
To remediate CVE-2011-1898, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xen—upgrade to 4.1.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1898 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.1.1-1