CVE-2005-0109

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0109
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-03-05 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 12:06:00 UTC
DescriptionHyper-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.4 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.4 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 1.1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.7.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.10 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.10 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.10 release_p8 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.10 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.11 release_p3 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.11 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.11 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release_p38 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 release_p42 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 release_p32 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 release_p20 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 release_p17 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 release_p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.9 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.9 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.9 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 release_p14 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 release_p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.2.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.2.1 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.3 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.3 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.3 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.4 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 1.1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.7.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.10 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.10 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.10 release_p8 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.10 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.11 release_p3 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.11 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.11 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release_p38 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 release_p42 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 release_p32 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 release_p20 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 release_p17 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 release_p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.9 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.9 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.9 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 release_p14 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 release_p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.2.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.2.1 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.3 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.3 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.3 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.4 pre-release All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_3.0 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.7 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.7 All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.3 All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.3_up All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.4 All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.3 All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.3_up All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 7.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 x86_update_2 All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 7.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 x86_update_2 All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All powerpc All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Hyper-Threading considered harmful MISC www.daemonology.net Third Party Advisory
Multiple Vendor Hyper-Threading Technology Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
'[Fwd: Re: FW:FreeBSD hiding security stuff]' - MARC MLIST marc.info Mailing List
Secunia - Advisories - IBM HMC OpenSSL Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com Permissions Required
SCOSA-2005.24 SCO ftp.sco.com Third Party Advisory
www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf MISC www.daemonology.net Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Not Applicable
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#911878 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Permissions Required
'Re: FW:FreeBSD hiding security stuff' - MARC MLIST marc.info Mailing List
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed MISC www-1.ibm.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Permissions Required
'Re: FreeBSD hiding security stuff' - MARC MLIST marc.info Mailing List
Secunia - Advisories - FreeBSD Hyper-Threading Support Information Disclosure SECUNIA secunia.com Permissions Required
#101739: Simultaneous Multi-Threading Processors May Leak Information SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Not Applicable
SecurityTracker.com Archives - FreeBSD Hyper-Threading Technology Support May Disclose Information to Local Users SECTRACK securitytracker.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690307 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for kernel (180e9a38-060f-4c16-a6b7-49f3505ff22a)
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