// For flags

CVE-2005-2970

 

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Memory leak in the worker MPM (worker.c) for Apache 2, in certain circumstances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via aborted connections, which prevents the memory for the transaction pool from being reused for other connections.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2005-09-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2005-10-25 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC
References (30)
URL Tag Source
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200509.mbox/%3C20051001110218.40692.qmail%40minotaur.apache.org%3E X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/16559 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/17923 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/18161 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/18333 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/18585 Not Applicable
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015093 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15762 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r652fc951306cdeca5a276e2021a34878a76695a9f3cfb6490b4a6840%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rafd145ba6cd0a4ced113a5823cdaff45aeb36eb09855b216401c66d6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb542d2038e9c331506e0cbff881b47e40fbe2bd93ff00979e60cdf7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10043 Signature
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.html 2023-02-13
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=292949&view=rev 2023-02-13
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:233 2023-02-13
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html 2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00060.html 2023-02-13
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425399/100/0/threaded 2023-02-13
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-225-1 2023-02-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2970 2006-01-05
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617769 2006-01-05
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Apache
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 Http Server
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 >= 2.0.36 < 2.0.55
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-
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 4.10
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-
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 5.04
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Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 5.10
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Affected
Redhat
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 Enterprise Linux Desktop
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 3.0
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Affected
Redhat
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 Enterprise Linux Desktop
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 4.0
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Affected
Redhat
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 Enterprise Linux Server
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 3.0
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Affected
Redhat
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 Enterprise Linux Server
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 4.0
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Affected
Redhat
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 Enterprise Linux Workstation
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 3.0
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Affected
Redhat
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 Enterprise Linux Workstation
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 4.0
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Affected
Fedoraproject
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 Fedora Core
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 4
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Affected