CVE-2010-5142

Description

chef-server-api/app/controllers/users.rb in the API in Chef before 0.9.0 does not require administrative privileges for the create, destroy, and update methods, which allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts via requests to the /users URI.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.6
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.391

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2010-5142 are fixed in Ruby-chef 0.9.0Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2010-5142 are fixed in Ruby-chef for Linux 0.9.0Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234