CVE-2015-5295
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 2.93% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- openstack/orchestration api · redhat/openstack · fedoraproject/fedora · oracle/solaris
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176700.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0266.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81438Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1496277Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-003.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176700.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0266.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81438Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1496277Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-003.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.