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CVE-2016-0737 OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.9%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi swift(PyPI) < 2.4.0 2.4.0
pypi swift(PyPI) = 1.0.2 No fix listed
debian/swift(Debian:12) < 2.4.0-1 2.4.0-1
debian/swift(Debian:13) < 2.4.0-1 2.4.0-1
debian/swift(Debian:14) < 2.4.0-1 2.4.0-1
OpenStack Swift <= 2.3.0 No fix listed

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