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CVE-2005-0109

Published: Mar 8, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

freebsdfreebsd
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux desktopredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedora coreredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openserversco
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
freebsdoss-projectUSOperating Systems
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
scocommercialUSOperating Systemsaka the sco group, sco group
and 4 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt
ftp.sco.com
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2
marc.info
and 15 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Mar 8, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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