OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) Template-Validate Command Denial of Service and File Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE-2015-5295 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

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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