openstack-heat: Vulnerability in Heat template validation leading to DoS
Published Jan 20, 2016
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.93%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 5.0.0 · < 5.0.1
- ≥ 2015.1.0 · < 2015.1.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6
openstack-heat-0:2014.1.5-7.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0440
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
openstack-heat-0:2014.1.5-7.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0441
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7
openstack-heat-0:2014.2.3-11.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0442
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7
openstack-heat-0:2015.1.2-9.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0266
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
openstack-heat
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 | openstack-heat-0:2014.1.5-7.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0440 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | openstack-heat-0:2014.1.5-7.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0441 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | openstack-heat-0:2014.2.3-11.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0442 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | openstack-heat-0:2015.1.2-9.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0266 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | openstack-heat | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.93% (0.02928) | 86.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.93% (0.02928) | 85.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.22% (0.01217) | 77.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.28% (0.02278) | 74.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.22% (0.01217) | 77.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 66.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 65.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 63.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00193) | 55.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 67.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 23, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 64.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 41.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176700.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0266.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81438 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5295 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1496277 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298295 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5295
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-003.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5295
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176700.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0266.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81438 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5295 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1496277 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298295 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5295 | ||
| https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5295 |
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