Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2970 First vendor Publication 2005-10-25
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2970

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10043
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10043
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2970
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 139
Os 3
Os 1
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for apache2-worker
File : nvt/sles9p5019072.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
20462 Apache HTTP Server worker.c MPM Memory Exhaustion DoS

Apache Multi-Processing Module (MPM) contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a malicious attacker uses aborted connection attempts to fill transaction pool memory, preventing the memory from being reused for other connections. This will result in loss of availability for the service.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-03-26 Name : The remote version of Apache is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : apache_2_0_55.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-21 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-052.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-225-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200509.mbox/%3C20051001110...
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16559
http://secunia.com/advisories/17923
http://secunia.com/advisories/18161
http://secunia.com/advisories/18333
http://secunia.com/advisories/18585
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015093
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=292949&view=rev
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:233
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00060.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425399/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15762
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e0...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc1...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r652fc951306cdeca5a276e2021a34878a76695a...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rafd145ba6cd0a4ced113a5823cdaff45aeb36eb...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb542d2038e9c331506e0cbff881b47e40fbe2b...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-225-1/
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