CVE-2015-8559

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8559
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-21 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-28 12:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe knife bootstrap command in chef Infra client before version 15.4.45 leaks the validator.pem private RSA key to /var/log/messages.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Chef Chef All All All All
Application Chef Chef All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2015-8559: knife bootstrap leaks validator.pem private key into system logs · Issue #3871 · chef/chef · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Chef Infra Client 15.4.45 released - Chef Release Announcements - Chef Questions MISC discourse.chef.io
oss-security - Re: Chef: knife bootstrap leaks validator privkey into system logs MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Removing sh -c wrapper around the bootstrapper command string by Nimesh-Msys · Pull Request #8885 · chef/chef · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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