CVE-2005-2970

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2970
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-25 17:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-770 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server All 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Apache-SVN] Revision 292949 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
usn/usn-225-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for httpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: httpd-2.0.54-10.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for apache2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Secunia - Advisories - Apache Byte-Range Filter and MPM Worker Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Apache MPM Worker.C Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
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SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apache Memory Leak in MPM 'worker.c' Code May Let Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for httpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for apache2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Mailing list archives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail-archives.apache.org
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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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