PT-2016-4395 · Openstack+1 · Openstack Object Storage+1

Ãrjan Persson · Published 2016-01-29 · Updated 2023-02-12 · CVE-2016-0738

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) versions prior to 2.3.1 (Kilo) OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) version 2.4.x OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) versions prior to 2.5.1 (Liberty)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming proxy-server resources through a series of interrupted requests to a Large Object URL, due to improper closure of server connections.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.1 (Kilo), update to version 2.3.1 or later to resolve the issue. For version 2.4.x, update to version 2.5.1 or later to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 2.5.1 (Liberty), update to version 2.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-0738

GHSA-FXWR-2VXM-CG7P

RHSA-2016:0126

RHSA-2016:0127

RHSA-2016:0128

RHSA-2016:0155

RHSA-2016:0328

RHSA-2016:0329

USN-3451-1

Affected Products

Openstack Object Storage

Ubuntu

References · 36

• https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOG · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0737 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0738 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0738 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0738 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1493303 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3451-1 · Vendor Advisory