CVE-2015-8559
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-8559 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-09-21 14:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2021-06-28 12:15:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-200
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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