CVE-2016-0738
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-01-29 20:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-16
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 170661eadaf80bae2e55a97c37d05fe847ce3feaed294516008bb072e155b2ca
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0329http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOG
- www.securityfocus.com81432http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1493303
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0128http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-2256c80a94http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0155http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
- security.openstack.orghttps://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- swift Fixed in 2.5.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- swift Fixed in 2.5.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- swift Fixed in 2.5.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- swift Fixed in 1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.