{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0738","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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:44:12.160375Z","published":"2016-01-29T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3451-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-0738"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0738"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/17"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3451-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0738"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"swift","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/swift@1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5"}]}],"versions":["1.10.0~rc1-0ubuntu1","1.10.0-0ubuntu1","1.11.0-0ubuntu2","1.12.0-0ubuntu1","1.13.0-0ubuntu1","1.13.1~rc1-0ubuntu2","1.13.1~rc2-0ubuntu1","1.13.1-0ubuntu1","1.13.1-0ubuntu1.1","1.13.1-0ubuntu1.2","1.13.1-0ubuntu1.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"python-swift","binary_version":"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5"},{"binary_name":"swift","binary_version":"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5"},{"binary_name":"swift-account","binary_version":"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5"},{"binary_version":"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5","binary_name":"swift-container"},{"binary_name":"swift-object","binary_version":"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5"},{"binary_name":"swift-object-expirer","binary_version":"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5"},{"binary_name":"swift-proxy","binary_version":"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0738.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}