Servers and applications
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.
- Severity
- Medium 5.0
- Published
- 25 Oct 2005
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 17 Oct 2026
- Fixed in
- 2.0.55
- Exploit chance
- 14% in the next 30 daysHigher than 96% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Attack
- Over the network · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Slow it down
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
Apache HTTP ServerServers and applications · cpe:a:apache:http_server |
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