CVE-2016-0737

7.5HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Openstack
Status
Swift
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 January 2016

Summary

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.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulleti...
x_refsource_CONFIRM

EPSS Score

5% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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