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.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2005-03-08T05:00:00
Updated: 2017-10-10T00:57:01
Reserved: 2005-01-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-0109
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2005-03-05T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2018-10-16T12:06:26.827
Link: CVE-2005-0109
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