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CVE-2005-0109

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
05/03/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.60 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
5.60
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.70
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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