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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2015-8559

Deferred

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-21 Sep, 2017 | 14:29

Updated At-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

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

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.1	7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Primary	2.0	5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Type: Primary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 7.5

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

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

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 5.0

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

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

>>chef>>Versions before 15.4.45(exclusive)

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-200	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-200

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/14	cve@mitre.org	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-4-45-released/16081	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/14	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-4-45-released/16081	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A