PT-2012-1354 · Chef · Chef

Published 2012-08-08 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2010-5142

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Chef versions prior to 0.9.0

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts without requiring administrative privileges. This is due to the lack of proper access control in the create, destroy, and update methods. The affected API endpoint is "/users URI".

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.0, update to version 0.9.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/users URI" API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5142

GHSA-F68M-Q26R-64F6

Affected Products

Chef

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/chef/CVE-2010-5142.yml · Exploit
• https://github.com/opscode/chef/commit/c3bb41f727fbe00e5de719d687757b24c8dcdfc8 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5142 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chef/chef · Note
• http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-1289 · Note