Multiple Vendor Hyper-Threading Technology Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:12724

Info

Multiple Vendor Hyper-Threading Technology Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12724
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0109
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 04 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 09 2007 05:45PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Colin Percival.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
Turbolinux Home
Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
Sun Solaris 9_x86 Update 2
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 10
SGI ProPack 3.0
SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3.0
SCO Unixware 7.1.4
SCO Unixware 7.1.3 up
SCO Unixware 7.1.3
SCO Open Server 5.0.7
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Redhat Desktop 3.0
NetBSD NetBSD 2.0.2
NetBSD NetBSD 2.0.1
NetBSD NetBSD 2.0
NetBSD NetBSD Current
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 5.0 R1.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 4.0 R5.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 4.0 R4.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 4.0 R3.3
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 4.0 R3.2
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 4.0 R3.1
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 4.0 R2.1
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 4.0 R2.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 3.3.2
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 3.0 R3.6
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 4
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for pSeries 3
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 5.0 R1.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 4.0 R5.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 4.0 R4.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 4.0 R3.3
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 4.0 R3.2
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 4.0 R3.1
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 4.0 R2.1
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 4.0 R2.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 4.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 3.3.2
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) for iSeries 3.0 R3.6
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE/Alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE-p5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 -RELEASE-p14
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -RELEASE-p3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELEASE-p8
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -RELEASE-p7
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELEASE-p17
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELEASE-p20
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -STABLEpre2002-03-07
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE-p32
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELEASE-p42
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELEASE-p38
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLEpre122300
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLEpre050201
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 .x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1 -STABLEpre2001-07-20
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5 x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5 -STABLEpre122300
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5 -STABLEpre050201
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.4 x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.4
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.3 x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.2 x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.1 x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2.8
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2.6
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2.4
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2 x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.1.7 .1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.1.6 .1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.1.6
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.1.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.1 x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.0.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 1.1.5 .1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.x
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Vendor Hyper-Threading Technology Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Multiple vendors' Hyper-Threading (HT) technology offerings are prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability when running on HT processors. This issue is due to the shared-memory cache associated with the virtual CPUs in an HT-capable CPU.

Exploiting this vulnerability allows local attackers to obtain sensitive information that can lead to privilege escalation.

The issue affects certain operating systems when running on HT-enabled processors. The operating systems must be running with multiprocessing enabled for this vulnerability to be exploitable. True dual-core CPUs that do not share caches across CPUs are likely not affected by this issue.

This issue was also documented in BID 13614, which has been retired.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Vendor Hyper-Threading Technology Information Disclosure Vulnerability


Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendor Hyper-Threading Technology Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64

Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0

FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -RELEASE-p3

FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3

Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0

References

Multiple Vendor Hyper-Threading Technology Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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