Name: CVE-2005-2970: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2005-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2005-2970, CWE-770, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.20799

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Apache Httpd	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Apache HTTPD	Apr 12, 2012	Oct 25, 2005
Debian	—	Upgrade apache2	Jul 30, 2024	Oct 25, 2005
Suse	—	Upgrade apache2-worker	Feb 17, 2015	Oct 25, 2005

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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