NVD - CVE-2005-0109

CVE-2005-0109 Detail

Current Description

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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 03/05/2005
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.6 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 4.0
Exploitability Score: 1.1

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.7 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt	Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2	Mailing List
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013967	Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101739-1	Vendor Advisory
http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911878	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html	Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html	Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12724	Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0540	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3002	Permissions Required
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SSRVHMCHMC_C081516_754	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9747	Third Party Advisory

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9747
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9747

Technical Details

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Change History

4 change records found - show changes

Modified Analysis - 10/16/2018 8:06:28 AM

CVE Modified by Source - 10/17/2016 11:07:55 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2
Added	Reference		http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2
Added	Reference		http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2
Removed	Reference	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2
Removed	Reference	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2
Removed	Reference	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0109
NVD Published Date:
03/05/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/16/2018

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