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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-08T05:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2005-0109

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2018-10-16T12:06:26.827

Link: CVE-2005-0109

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2005-0109 - Bugzilla