Opscode Chef Infra up to 0.8.10 User Account access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Opscode Chef Infra up to 0.8.10. This affects an unknown part of the component User Account. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-5142. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Opscode Chef Infra up to 0.8.10 (Automation Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

chef-server-api/app/controllers/users.rb in the API in Chef before 0.9.0 does not require administrative privileges for the create, destroy, and update methods, which allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts via requests to the /users URI.

The weakness was shared 08/08/2012 as not defined git commit (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-5142 since 08/08/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.7.14 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The entries VDB-61517 and VDB-61516 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chef Infra 0.7.14
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

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03/23/2015 +957 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: c3bb41f727fbe00e5de719d687757b24c8dcdfc8
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-5142 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-5142
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61514
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 02/05/2025 06:28
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (48), 02/19/2019 11:39 (2), 12/07/2021 13:37 (4), 02/05/2025 06:24 (7), 02/05/2025 06:27 (16), 02/05/2025 06:28 (1)
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Committer: tas50
Cache ID: 216::103

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