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CVE-2015-8559

high

Description

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

References

https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/14

https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885

https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-4-45-released/16081

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-21

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00343