### [CVE-2016-0738](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0738)
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### 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 (proxy-server resource consumption) via a series of interrupted requests to a Large Object URL.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.