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CVE-2015-8559

Date: September 21, 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.

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/14

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8559

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8559

Url: https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885

Url: https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871

Url: https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-4-45-released/16081

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8559

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8559

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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