CVE-2016-0737

HIGH

OpenStack Swift < 2.4.0 - Denial of Service via Interrupted Large Object Requests

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/217750/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0580
EPSS Percentile 90.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
openstack/swift < 2.3.0
pypi/swift 0 - 2.4.0PyPI
Published Jan 29, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026