CVE-2005-0109

MEDIUM

FreeBSD - Information Disclosure via Hyper-Threading Cache Timing Attack

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911878
Permissions Required third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18165
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sco
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt
Permissions Required vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3002
Permissions Required third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15348
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12724
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2
Not Applicable vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013967
Permissions Required vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0540
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf
Not Applicable vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101739-1
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 34.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (30)
freebsd/freebsd 1.1.5.1
freebsd/freebsd 2.0
freebsd/freebsd 2.0.5
freebsd/freebsd 2.1.0
freebsd/freebsd 2.1.5
freebsd/freebsd 2.1.6
freebsd/freebsd 2.1.6.1
freebsd/freebsd 2.1.7.1
freebsd/freebsd 2.2
freebsd/freebsd 2.2.2
... and 20 more
Published Mar 05, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026