Security advisory

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  "id": "5a058f89e04ad432b7a4ffbed36677531df069d3a1695fad82b8a1dbeeefd693",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0737",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-0737",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-0737",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-0737",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-0737",
        "GHSA-972c-cfv8-2hq8",
        "PYSEC-2026-929"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/openstack/swift",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "f8dee761bd36f857aa1288c27e095907032fad68"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.3.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.3.0rc2",
            "2.3.0",
            "2.3.0rc1",
            "2.2.2rc1",
            "2.2.2",
            "2.2.1c1",
            "2.2.1.rc1",
            "2.2.1",
            "2.2.0.rc1",
            "2.2.0",
            "2.1.0.rc1",
            "2.1.0",
            "2.0.0.rc1",
            "1.13.1.rc1",
            "1.13.0",
            "1.10.0.rc1",
            "1.10.0",
            "1.9.2",
            "1.8.0.rc1",
            "1.4.6",
            "1.4.5",
            "1.4.2",
            "1.4.1",
            "1.4.0",
            "1.3.0",
            "1.3rc1",
            "1.3gamma1",
            "1.1.0",
            "1.0.2",
            "1.0.1",
            "1.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-0737.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:22.423142252Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://review.openstack.org/#/c/217750/",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1466549",
        "https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/2.4.0",
        "https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-0737",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430676,
  "published_at": "2016-01-29T20:59:02.92+00:00"
}