CVE-2016-0738
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.5.0-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.5.0-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.5.0-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.5.0-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.5.0-3 |
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/1493303
- https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOG
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0738
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228001102/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html
- https://github.com/openstack/swift
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298905
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0738
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0329
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0328
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0155
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0128
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0127
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0126
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0738
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.