CVE-2005-2970
N/A
Published: October 25, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 14%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.0.36 ≤ v < 2.0.55
Affected range stops below 2.0.55, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.html
- 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
References (28)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16559Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17923Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18161Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18333Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18585VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015093Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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