{"id":"CVE-2016-0738","aliases":["GHSA-fxwr-2vxm-cg7p","PYSEC-2026-932"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0738","summary":"OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service","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.","published":"2016-01-29T20:59:03.810Z","modified":"2026-08-07T14:31:27.848019Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"swift","fixedVersion":"2.3.1"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"swift","fixedVersion":"2.5.1"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1493303"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOG"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-07T14:31:27.848019Z"}}