# 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 au

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-01-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81438
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176700.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0266.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1496277

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