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-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. |
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USN-131-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-03-05T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-0109


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