CVE-2016-0738

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenstack Swift
PublishedJan 29, 2016
First seenJan 29, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • swift2.3.1, 2.5.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openstack swiftv ≤ 2.3.0, 2.4.0, 2.5.0—
swiftPyPIv < 2.3.1, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.5.12.3.1, 2.5.1

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