{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5295","details":"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as demonstrated by file:///dev/zero.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:11:36.552376Z","published":"2016-01-20T16:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:15Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-5295"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5295"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/137"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5295"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"heat","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/heat@1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.0.0-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"heat-api","binary_version":"1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"heat-api-cfn","binary_version":"1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"heat-api-cloudwatch","binary_version":"1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"heat-common","binary_version":"1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"heat-engine","binary_version":"1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"python-heat","binary_version":"1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5295.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}