CVE-2015-8559 in Chef Infra Client

Summary

by MITRE

The knife bootstrap command in chef leaks the validator.pem private RSA key to /var/log/messages.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 12/14/2015
• Disclosure: 09/21/2017
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-106920
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-200 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.5 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.00395
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Industry, Government, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8559
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8559
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2015-8559/