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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-0109
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2005-0109

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SUNALERT
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101739-1

ST
  1013967

SCO

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA15348
  Secunia Advisory: SA18165

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9747

MLIST
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2

MISC
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SSRVHMCHMC_C081516_754
  http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/
  http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf

FREEBSD

CERT-VN
  911878

BID
  12724


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