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CVE-2005-2970

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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Memory leak in the worker MPM (worker.c) for Apache 2, in certain circumstances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory…

CVE-2005-29703 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 26 = 4 + 13 + 1 + 8 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.14190  ·  without this subject the record ranks 22

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 5.0, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 13

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2025-09-22  ·  without this subject the record ranks 25

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

11 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 18

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 26

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$203,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement+$134,000on 2025-09-22, the last material move, 8 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$203,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.28625080150224425 exposure x 0.1419 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.1419EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity5 MEDIUMreceipt
Harmunauthenticated · networkreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defenseunaffected versions publishedreceipt
Movementscoring model changedreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2025-03-17, 455 days at 0.14, as of 2026-06-15. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

This record is one instance of CWE-770, allocation of resources without limits or throttling. The index holds 2390 prior instances of this class, 2 KEV-listed. taxonomy@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no authentication · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactPartial availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v2.0 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttlingreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-770: Availability: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU), DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory), DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)[email protected]

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

First unaffected version, by branchhttp server 2.0.55receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD5 MEDIUMreceipt
Exploit probability0.1419 · top 4% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth6 products across 4 vendorsderived
Assigned byredhatreceipt
Recorded changes18 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Named in the CPE rangesApache http server; Canonical ubuntu linux; Redhat enterprise linux desktop; and 3 morereceipt
Published rangesapache http server >= 2.0.36 < 2.0.55; canonical ubuntu linux 4.10; canonical ubuntu linux 5.04; canonical ubuntu linux 5.10receipt
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apache http server >= 2.0.36 < 2.0.55
canonical ubuntu linux 4.10
canonical ubuntu linux 5.04
canonical ubuntu linux 5.10
redhat enterprise linux desktop 3.0
redhat enterprise linux desktop 4.0
redhat enterprise linux server 3.0
redhat enterprise linux server 4.0
redhat enterprise linux workstation 3.0
redhat enterprise linux workstation 4.0
fedoraproject fedora core 4

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What it is stated by the CNA

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. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
weakness
CWE-770
affected versions
apache http server >= 2.0.36 < 2.0.55; canonical ubuntu linux 4.10; canonical ubuntu linux 5.04; and 8 more, listed in full below

check it yourself securitytracker.com novell.com ubuntu.com mail-archives.apache.org rhn.redhat.com securityfocus.com +14 morereceipt

Dated events

2023-03-07EPSS moved 0.07 to 0.012025-09-22EPSS moved 0.07 to 0.162026-06-15EPSS moved 0.21 to 0.14

Movement the material steps

4 Feb 20220.07344
7 Mar 20230.00938 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.08033 · scoring model v2025.03.14
29 Mar 20250.10525 · crossed 0.10
30 Mar 20250.08033 · crossed 0.10
22 Sep 20250.16301 · crossed 0.10
15 Jun 20260.1419 · scoring model v2026.06.15
Show all 18 observations
4 Feb 20220.07344
7 Mar 20230.00938
20 Mar 20230.00948
7 May 20230.00768
15 Sep 20230.00794
1 Oct 20240.00948
17 Dec 20240.02703
17 Mar 20250.08033
29 Mar 20250.10525
30 Mar 20250.08033
30 Jul 20250.06935
22 Sep 20250.16301
1 Oct 20250.20799
27 Oct 20250.16301
28 Oct 20250.20799
27 Dec 20250.16301
28 Dec 20250.20799
15 Jun 20260.1419

18 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.1419Published2005-10-25Index as of2026-06-15

The record had been public for 20 years, 7 months when this index was last written.

Published 2005-10-25 receipt · Index as of 2026-06-15 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-770, allocation of resources without limits or throttling. The index holds 2390 prior instances of this class, 2 KEV-listed. [email protected]

CVE-2020-3566 · Cisco IOS XR Softwarenothing comparable heldKEV listed · 2020receipt
CVE-2020-3569 · Cisco IOS XR Softwarenothing comparable heldKEV listed · 2020receipt

2390 records in this class held. The six above are ranked by exploit maturity, then recency.

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