5.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2005-0109
"Intel Hyper-Threading Covert Channel Vulnerability in FreeBSD"
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 5, 2005, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 16, 2018, 12:06 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-0109 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
3 Redhat fedora_core
1 Sco unixware
2 Sco openserver
1 Sun solaris
1 Freebsd freebsd
1 Ubuntu ubuntu_linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-0109.

URL Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2 Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2 Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/15348 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/18165 Permissions Required
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013967 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101739-1 Vendor Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SSRVHMCHMC_C081516_754 Broken Link
http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911878 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12724 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0540 Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3002 Permissions Required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9747 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-0109 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-0109 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1013967 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://securitytracker.com/id?1013967 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/ No Types Assigned http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15348 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15348 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/18165 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/18165 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3002 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3002 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9747 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9747 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt No Types Assigned ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0540 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0540 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SSRVHMCHMC_C081516_754 No Types Assigned http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SSRVHMCHMC_C081516_754 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf No Types Assigned http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12724 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12724 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9747 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9747 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 03, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-0109 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-0109 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} -0.00%

score

0.32810

percentile

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