CVE-2016-0737 Information

Description

OpenStack 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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

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/swift/+bug/1466549 https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0 https://review.openstack.org//c/217750/ https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5