MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Oct 25, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.19%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 2.0.36 · < 2.0.55
Configuration 2
OR
- 4.10
- 5.04
- 5.10
Configuration 3
OR
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 3.0
- 4.0
Configuration 4
- 4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
httpd-0:2.0.46-56.ent
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0159
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
httpd-0:2.0.52-22.ent
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0159
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | httpd-0:2.0.46-56.ent | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0159 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | httpd-0:2.0.52-22.ent | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0159 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
14.19% 0.14190
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.14190
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.19% (0.14190) | 96.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.19% (0.14190) | 96.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 20.80% (0.20799) | 95.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 16.30% (0.16301) | 94.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 20.80% (0.20799) | 95.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 16.30% (0.16301) | 94.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 20.80% (0.20799) | 95.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 16.30% (0.16301) | 94.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 6.93% (0.06935) | 91.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.03% (0.08033) | 91.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.53% (0.10525) | 88.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.03% (0.08033) | 91.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.70% (0.02703) | 90.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00948) | 83.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00794) | 81.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00794) | 79.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2023 | 0.77% (0.00768) | 78.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00948) | 80.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.94% (0.00938) | 80.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 92.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 91.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 80.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (32)
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200509.mbox/%3C20051001110218.40692.qmail%40minotaur.apache.org%3E x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16559 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17923 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18161 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18333 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18585 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015093 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=292949&view=rev x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:233 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00060.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425399/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15762 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2970 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617769 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r652fc951306cdeca5a276e2021a34878a76695a9f3cfb6490b4a6840%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rafd145ba6cd0a4ced113a5823cdaff45aeb36eb09855b216401c66d6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb542d2038e9c331506e0cbff881b47e40fbe2bd93ff00979e60cdf7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2970
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10043 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2970
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-225-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 25, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 19, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2970
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a