VDB
CVE-2015-8559
CVE-2015-8559
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
The knife bootstrap command in chef Infra client before version 15.4.45 leaks the validator.pem private RSA key to /var/log/messages.
EPSS 1.93% · 78.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
1.93%
78.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | chef | 0, 12.14.60-3, 12.14.60-3ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | chef | 0, 11.8.2-2, 10.12.0-3 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | chef | 12.3.0-2ubuntu1, 12.3.0-3ubuntu1, 0 |
Timeline
- Sep 21, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 18, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8559 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/10 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8559 third-party-advisory