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High severity · published Jan 29, 2016
CVE-2016-0738
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…
7.5
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SW
Swift · Openstack
through 2.3.0; 2.4.0; 2.5.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
SW
Swift
Openstack
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0738
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0738
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
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