CVE-2005-2970

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.
References
Link Resource
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200509.mbox/%3C20051001110218.40692.qmail%40minotaur.apache.org%3E
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0159.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16559 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/17923 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/18161 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/18333 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/18585 Not Applicable
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015093 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=292949&view=rev Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:233 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00060.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425399/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15762 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r652fc951306cdeca5a276e2021a34878a76695a9f3cfb6490b4a6840%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rafd145ba6cd0a4ced113a5823cdaff45aeb36eb09855b216401c66d6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb542d2038e9c331506e0cbff881b47e40fbe2bd93ff00979e60cdf7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10043 Third Party Advisory
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-225-1/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-10-25 17:06

Updated : 2024-02-28 10:42


NVD link : CVE-2005-2970

Mitre link : CVE-2005-2970

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-2970


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_workstation

fedoraproject

  • fedora_core

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

apache

  • http_server
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling