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CVE-2005-2970

 

Severity Score

5.0
*CVSS v2

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
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
  • 2023-09-15 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE 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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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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Fedoraproject
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 Fedora Core
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 4
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Affected