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.
Published 2005-03-05 05:00:00
Updated 2018-10-16 12:06:27
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2005-0109

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0109

0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 33 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2005-0109

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.7
MEDIUM AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
3.4
6.9
NIST
5.6
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
1.1
4.0
NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2005-0109

  • Red Hat 2007-03-14
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References for CVE-2005-0109

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