CVE-2005-0109
Summary
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.
- HIGH
- LOCAL
- NONE
- CHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- HIGH
- NONE
References
Advisory Timeline
- Published