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CVE-2016-0737

Published: Jan 29, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0737
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SwiftOpenstack*2.3.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6RedHatopenstack-swift-0:1.13.1-8.el6ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-swift-0:1.13.1-8.el7ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-swift-0:2.2.0-6.el7ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-swift-0:2.3.0-3.el7ost*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatopenstack-swift-0:1.13.1-8.el6ost*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-swift-0:1.13.1-8.el7ost*
SwiftUbuntuprecise*
SwiftUbuntutrusty*
SwiftUbuntuupstream*
SwiftUbuntuvivid*

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