PT-2005-1216 · Intel+2 · Intel Pentium+2

Colin Percival · Published 2005-03-05 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2005-0109

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue 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. This is achieved via a timing attack on memory cache misses, exploiting Hyper-Threading technology used in operating systems run on Intel Pentium and other processors.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0109

RHSA-2005:476

RHSA-2005:800

RHSA-2005_476

RHSA-2005_800

Affected Products

Freebsd

Intel Pentium

Red Hat

References · 25

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0109 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09905 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/12724 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101739-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013967 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-0109.html · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911878 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2004-0975.html · Note
• http://daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2 · Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SSRVHMCHMC_C081516_754 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2969.html · Note