7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-0737
OpenStack Swift Denial of Service
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 29, 2016, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:42 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-0737 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openstack swift

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-0737 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549
    Added Reference https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0
    Added Reference https://review.openstack.org/#/c/217750/
    Added Reference https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A memory-leak issue was found in OpenStack Object Storage (swift), in the client-to-proxy connection. An OpenStack-authenticated attacker could remotely trigger this flaw to cause denial of service through excess memory consumption. 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.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0126 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0127 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0128 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0155 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0328 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0329 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0737 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298924 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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. A memory-leak issue was found in OpenStack Object Storage (swift), in the client-to-proxy connection. An OpenStack-authenticated attacker could remotely trigger this flaw to cause denial of service through excess memory consumption.
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298924 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0737 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0329 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0328 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0155 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0128 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0127 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0126 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html No Types Assigned https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0 No Types Assigned https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-0737 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-0737 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

5.10 }} 0.37%

score

0.92822

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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