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.

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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2005-0109

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

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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