CVE-2016-0737

Advisory

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.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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.


CONFIRM:https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549: https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549
CONFIRM:https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0: https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0
CONFIRM:https://review.openstack.org/#/c/217750/: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/217750/
CONFIRM:https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html: https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html
CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
REDHAT:RHSA-2016:0128: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
REDHAT:RHSA-2016:0155: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
REDHAT:RHSA-2016:0329: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
BID:81432: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0737
• https://review.openstack.org/#/c/217750/
• https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html
• https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
• 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