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FreeBSD Hyper-Threading Support Information Disclosure
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15348
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Release Date:
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2005-05-13
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Last Update:
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2005-05-24
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Popularity:
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17,274 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | FreeBSD 4.x
FreeBSD 5.x
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Solution:
FreeBSD has issued updated versions and patches and recommend disabling HTT on processors that support it (see vendor advisory for more information).
Fixed versions:
2005-05-13 00:13:00 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE)
2005-05-13 00:13:00 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p1)
2005-05-13 00:13:00 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p15)
2005-05-13 00:13:00 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE)
2005-05-13 00:13:00 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p9)
2005-05-13 00:13:00 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE-p14)
Patch for FreeBSD 4.10:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:09/htt410.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:09/htt410.patch.asc
Patch for FreeBSD 4.11:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:09/htt411.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:09/htt411.patch.asc
Patch for FreeBSD 5.x:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:09/htt5.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:09/htt5.patch.asc
Provided and/or discovered by:
Colin Percival
Changelog:
2005-05-14: Added additional information.
2005-05-24: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
Original Advisory:
FreeBSD:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc
Colin Percival:
http://daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/
Other References:
US-CERT VU#911878:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911878
Change Page:
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