Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 20, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5295
CVE-2015-5295
Description
The template-validate command in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 5.0.x before 5.0.1 (liberty) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or determine the existence of local files via the resource type in a template, as demonstrated by file:///dev/zero.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:a:openstack:orchestration_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=5.0.0,<5.0.1
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1496277nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176700.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0266.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/81438nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-003.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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