Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x, allowing x86 Intel HVM guest OS users to achieve unintended read/write DMA access, and possibly cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges. This occurs because a backport missed a flush, and thus IOMMU updates were not always correct. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-15565.
Published: 2021-02-18
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4888-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-14134 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x, allowing x86 Intel HVM guest OS users to achieve unintended read/write DMA access, and possibly cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges. This occurs because a backport missed a flush, and thus IOMMU updates were not always correct. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-15565.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:48:16.398Z

Reserved: 2021-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27379

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-18T17:15:15.867

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:57:52.597

Link: CVE-2021-27379

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