Opscode Chef Infra up to 0.10.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Opscode Chef Infra. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-5097. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Opscode Chef Infra (Automation Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

chef-server-api/app/controllers/cookbooks.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.18, and 0.10.x before 0.10.2, does not require administrative privileges for the update and destroy methods, which allows remote authenticated users to (1) upload cookbooks via a knife cookbook upload command or (2) delete cookbooks via a knife cookbook delete command.

The weakness was released 08/08/2012 as not defined git commit (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-5097 since 08/08/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 0.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-61517 and VDB-61514. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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 0.10.0
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

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03/23/2015 +957 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: a4ea6edab2fecb922f999cffb0daa04eeeec7a26
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-5097 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-5097
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61516
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 02/05/2025 06:28
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (47), 02/19/2019 11:41 (2), 12/07/2021 13:50 (4), 02/05/2025 06:23 (3), 02/05/2025 06:24 (2), 02/05/2025 06:26 (16), 02/05/2025 06:28 (1)
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Committer: tas50
Cache ID: 216::103

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