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CVE-2005-0109

Published: Mar 8, 2005

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Hyper-Threading technology, as used in FreeBSD and other operating systems that are run on Intel Pentium and other processors, allows local users to use a malicious thread to create covert channels, monitor the execution of other threads, and obtain sensitive information such as cryptographic keys, via a timing attack on memory cache misses.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

VU#911878
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
18165
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9747
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
ADV-2005-3002
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
15348
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
12724
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2005:476
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
1013967
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
ADV-2005-0540
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
RHSA-2005:800
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
101739
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUNALERT

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