CVE-2005-2970

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2970
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-25 17:06:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 01:16:00 UTC
DescriptionMemory 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server All All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 4.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora Core 4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mailing list archives MISC mail-archives.apache.org
SecurityFocus FEDORA www.securityfocus.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[Apache-SVN] Revision 292949 CONFIRM svn.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
usn/usn-225-1 - Ubuntu Linux UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for apache2 SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for httpd SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for apache2 SECUNIA secunia.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Apache Byte-Range Filter and MPM Worker Denial of Service Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apache Memory Leak in MPM 'worker.c' Code May Let Remote Users Deny Service SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Mailing list archives CONFIRM mail-archives.apache.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: httpd-2.0.54-10.3 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for httpd SECUNIA secunia.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Apache MPM Worker.C Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Apache2008-07-02Mark J CoxFixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.55: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html
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