CVE-2005-2970

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 25 Oct 2005, 04:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 22:53

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
20.8% HIGH
21% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Oct 2005, 04:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 22:53
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 20.80%• Percentile: 96%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-770•Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

    The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•HTTP Server

    ≥ 2.0.36, < 2.0.55

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    4.10 | 5.04 | 5.10

  • fedoraproject•fedora_core

    4

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    3.0 | 4.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    3.0 | 4.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    3.0 | 4.0

References (28)