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CVE-2015-8559

Published: 21 September 2017

The knife bootstrap command in chef Infra client before version 15.4.45 leaks the validator.pem private RSA key to /var/log/messages.

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
workaround using validatorless bootstrapping

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
chef
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Not vulnerable

vivid Ignored
(end of life)
groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

xenial Needed

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Needed

upstream Needs triage

wily Ignored
(end of life)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885/commits/6d8fa463cde53431ea0651bb7386e6411e8fca29

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N