CVE-2015-8559

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

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

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-8559

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-09-21T14:29:00

Last Modified Date
2021-06-28T12:15:08

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:chef:chef::::::::	1	OR		15.4.45

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/14	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-4-45-released/16081
https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8559
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8559

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:46				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:15:31	2017-09-21T14:29Z	2017-09-21T14:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:15:31		2021-06-28T12:15:08	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:15:31		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated