Resource exhaustion in Apache HTTP Server
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, which prevents the memory for the transaction pool from being reused for other connections.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.142 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.142 · newest: 0.142 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache HTTP Server
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 4.10, 5.04, 5.10
- Fedoraproject Fedora Core — versions 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 3.0, 4.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 3.0, 4.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 3.0, 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-225-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200509.mbox/<20051001110218.40692.q…
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15762 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/18333 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17923 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- svn.apache.org/viewcvs (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2970?
- CVE-2005-2970 is a vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. Published 2005-10-25.
- Is CVE-2005-2970 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.