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 denial of service (proxy-server resource consumption) via a series of…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.85% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- openstack/swift
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1493303Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOGVendor Advisory
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1493303Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOGVendor Advisory
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.