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CVE-2005-0109 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt CVEThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2 CVEMailing List
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2 CVEMailing List
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2 CVEMailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/15348 CVEPermissions Required

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0109
NVD Published Date:
Mar 5, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2005-0109 Details - Not Deferred