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CVE-2016-0738 OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 4.0%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.1 (Kilo), 2.4.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 (Liberty) do not properly close server 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) < 2.3.1 2.3.1
pypi swift(PyPI) >= 2.4.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1
pypi swift(PyPI) = 1.0.2 No fix listed
debian/swift(Debian:12) < 2.5.0-3 2.5.0-3
debian/swift(Debian:13) < 2.5.0-3 2.5.0-3
debian/swift(Debian:14) < 2.5.0-3 2.5.0-3
OpenStack Swift <= 2.3.0 No fix listed
OpenStack Swift = 2.4.0 No fix listed
OpenStack Swift = 2.5.0 No fix listed

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