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CVE-2011-5098 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/opscode/chef/commit/33f0e9c58bbf047e1b401a834f3abfe72d9a8947 CVEExploitPatch
http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2649 CVE
https://github.com/opscode/chef/commit/33f0e9c58bbf047e1b401a834f3abfe72d9a8947 [email protected]ExploitPatch
http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2649 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
opscode chef
<= 0.9.18
0.5.1
0.5.2
0.5.4
0.5.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-5098
NVD Published Date:
Aug 8, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-5098 Details - Not Deferred