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CVE-2005-0109

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.6 Published: 2005-03-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Sun SolarisFreebsd FreebsdRedhat Enterprise LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Fedora CoreUbuntu Ubuntu LinuxSco OpenserverSco Unixware

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References