CVE-2011-5098 chef-server-api/app/controllers/clients.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.20, and 0.10.x before 0.10.6, does not require administrative privileges for creating admin clients, which allows remote au...
MediumCVSS 6.5
EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
chef-server-api/app/controllers/clients.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.20, and 0.10.x before 0.10.6, does not require administrative privileges for creating admin clients, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging read permission for the validation key and executing a knife client create command with the --admin option.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| opscode chef | <= 0.9.18 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.5.1 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.5.2 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.5.4 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.5.6 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.6.0 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.6.2 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.7.2 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.7.4 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.7.6 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.7.8 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.7.10 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.7.12 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.7.14 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.8.2 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.8.4 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.8.6 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.8.8 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.8.10 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.8.12 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.8.14 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.8.16 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.9.0 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.9.2 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.9.4 | No fix listed |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| opscode chef | = 0.9.6 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.9.8 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.9.10 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.9.12 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.9.14 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.9.16 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.10.0 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.10.2 | No fix listed |
| opscode chef | = 0.10.4 | No fix listed |
References
- tickets.opscode.com
- github.com exploit patch