CVE-2015-8559 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-09-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chef:chef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-8438	The knife bootstrap command in chef Infra client before version 15.4.45 leaks the validator.pem private RSA key to /var/log/messages.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00395.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/14
https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-4-45-released/16081
https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871
https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885

History

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Subscriptions

Chef Chef

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-21T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:43.519Z

Reserved: 2015-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8559

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-21T14:29:00.480

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-8559

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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