CVE-2016-0738 (GCVE-0-2016-0738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-29 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:30
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-01-20 00:00
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