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CVE-2005-2970

Memory leak in the worker MPM (worker.c) for Apache 2, in certain circumstances, allows remote...

5.0 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

14.2%Up 6.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2005-2970
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2005-2970
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-2970 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2005-2970
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q8m3-9hrv-x6fg No score

Memory leak in the worker MPM (worker.c) for Apache 2, in certain circumstances, allows remote...

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.

Record
GHSA-q8m3-9hrv-x6fg
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2005-2970
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2970 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2970
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
apache2
Debian:12
 before 2.0.55-1
2.0.55-1
apache2
Debian:13
 before 2.0.55-1
2.0.55-1
apache2
Debian:14
 before 2.0.55-1
2.0.55-1
httpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
mod_ssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:2.0.46-56.ent
1:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mod_ssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:2.0.46-56.ent
1:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
mod_ssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:2.0.46-56.ent
1:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.46-56.ent
0:2.0.46-56.ent
mod_ssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:2.0.46-56.ent
1:2.0.46-56.ent
httpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-manual
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-suexec
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
mod_ssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:2.0.52-22.ent
1:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-manual
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-suexec
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
mod_ssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:2.0.52-22.ent
1:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-manual
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-suexec
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
mod_ssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:2.0.52-22.ent
1:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-manual
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
httpd-suexec
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.0.52-22.ent
0:2.0.52-22.ent
mod_ssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:2.0.52-22.ent
1:2.0.52-22.ent

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2005-2970 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Apache Http Server, published October 25, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.2%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in apache2 2.0.55-1.

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