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.
Published: 2005-03-08
Score: 5.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0110 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-131-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Freebsd Freebsd
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Fedora Core Stronghold
Sco Openserver Unixware
Sun Solaris
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:41.235Z

Reserved: 2005-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0109

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-03-05T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0109

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0109 - Bugzilla

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