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CVE-2016-0738

Published: Jan 29, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-399
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.8%
Top 11.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

n/an/a
swiftopenstack
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
swiftPyPIOSS Libraries
openstackoss-projectUSCloud & SaaSaka openstack foundation
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
rhn.redhat.com
https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOG
github.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Jan 29, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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