CVE-2016-0738
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-0738
To remediate CVE-2016-0738, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.5.0-3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3.1 or later
Is CVE-2016-0738 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 5.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.5.0-3
- from 0, < 2.3.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |