CVE-2016-0737

HIGH

OpenStack Swift <2.4.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.4.0 does not properly close client connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy-server resource consumption) via a series of interrupted requests to a Large Object URL.

References (9)

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432

[Vendor Advisory] https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549

[Vendor Advisory] https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0

[Various Sources] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/217750/

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0580

EPSS Percentile 90.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

openstack/swift < 2.3.0

pypi/swift < 2.4.0PyPI

Timeline

Published Jan 29, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026