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.
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432
bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1493303
github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOG
security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html