| Name | CVE-2015-8559 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 809670 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| chef (PTS) | buster | 13.8.7-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| chef | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | 809670 |
Notes
[buster] - chef <ignored> (Minor issue; workaround using validatorless bootstrapping)
[stretch] - chef <ignored> (Minor issue; workaround using validatorless bootstrapping)
[jessie] - chef <ignored> (Minor issue; workaround using validatorless bootstrapping)
[wheezy] - chef <ignored> (Minor issue; workaround using validatorless bootstrapping)
https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871
https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/10
Workaround: use validatorless bootstrapping