CVE-2016-0737

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-0737
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-29 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:15:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Swift All All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Gerrit Code Review CONFIRM review.openstack.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
2.4.0 : OpenStack Object Storage (swift) CONFIRM launchpad.net Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
OpenStack Swift Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bug #1466549 “Download DLO objects leak connections when client...” : Bugs : OpenStack Object Storage (swift) CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Vendor Advisory
CVE-2016-0737 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1298924 – (CVE-2016-0737) CVE-2016-0737 openstack-swift: Client to proxy DoS through Large Objects MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
OSSA-2016-004: Swift proxy-server DoS through Large Object — OpenStack Security Advisories 2014.2.0.dev101 documentation CONFIRM security.openstack.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
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