Unscored severity · published Oct 25, 2005
CVE-2005-2970
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,…
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CVSS
14.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)14.2% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HS
HTTP Server · Apache
2.0.36 before 2.0.55 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
3.0; 4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
3.0; 4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
3.0; 4.0 · source: NVD
FC
Fedora Core · Fedoraproject
4 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
4.10; 5.04; 5.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2970
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2970
mail-archives.apache.org
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200509.mbox/%3C20051001110218.40692.qmail%40minotaur.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.html
Not Applicable
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
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