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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-0109 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.6 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.24/SCOSA-2005.24.txt Third Party Advisory 
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-hackers&m=110994026421858&w=2 Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=110994370429609&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://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110995101417256&w=2 Mailing List 
http://secunia.com/advisories/15348 Permissions Required 
http://secunia.com/advisories/15348 Permissions Required 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18165 Permissions Required 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18165 Permissions Required 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013967 Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry  Vendor Advisory 
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://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-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/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/ Third Party Advisory 
http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf 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.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-2005-476.html Not Applicable 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.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.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/2005/0540 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3002 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 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9747 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:release_p38:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:release_p42:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release_p32:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:release_p20:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.7:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.7:release_p17:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.7:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.7:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.8:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.8:release_p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.8:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.9:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.9:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release_p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:release_p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation_server:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.3_up:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:x86_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0109
NVD Published Date:
03/05/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE