CVE-2005-2970

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.03% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015093 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html vendor advisory broken link
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-225-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200509.mbox/%3C20051001110218.40692.qmail%40minotaur.apache.org%3E
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15762 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:233 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18333 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/17923 third party advisory not applicable
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=292949&view=rev vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425399/100/0/threaded vendor advisory third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00060.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10043 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/18585 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/18161 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/16559 third party advisory not applicable
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2970?
CVE-2005-2970 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2970?
To fix CVE-2005-2970, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2970 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-2970 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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