CVE-2015-5295 (GCVE-0-2015-5295)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-20 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-01-19 00:00
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