Buffer overflow in Openstack Orchestration Api
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 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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.029 (85.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Openstack Orchestration_api
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 23
- Redhat Openstack — versions 7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5295?
- CVE-2015-5295 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstack Orchestration Api, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-01-20.
- How severe is CVE-2015-5295?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-5295 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.