UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0738

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0738

    Published: 29 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0738
    Aliases:
    USN-3451-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0738, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/17, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3451-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0738

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: swift

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5

    Affected versions

    1.10.0~rc1-0ubuntu1
    1.10.0-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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