Is CVE-2005-2970 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-2970 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-2970?

CVE-2005-2970 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-2970?

CVE-2005-2970 has an EPSS score of 14.19% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2970?

Upgrade apache2 on debian 11 to 2.0.55-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-2970

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

How to fix

Remediation Available

apache2Debian

Fixed in:2.0.55-1CVE-2005-2970

httpdWindows application

Affected:2.0.36 2.0.55Fixed in:2.0.55Apache Lounge

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

14.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-50387	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11479	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27316	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30522	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9515	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix

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