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.
EPSS: 0.142 (96.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apache Http_server
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 4.10, 5.04, 5.10
- Fedoraproject Fedora_core — versions 4
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 3.0, 4.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 3.0, 4.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 3.0, 4.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.