GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6/GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6
Aliases
  • CVE-2010-5142
Published
2022-05-17T05:26:20Z
Modified
2024-12-06T05:25:24.468184Z
Summary
Chef Improper Access Control vulnerability
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-08-08T10:26:00Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-284"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-08T15:31:52Z"
}
References

Affected packages

RubyGems / chef

Package

Name
chef
Purl
pkg:gem/chef

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.0

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.10
0.7.12
0.7.14
0.7.16
0.8.2
0.8.4
0.8.6
0.8.8
0.8.10
0.8.14
0.8.16
0.9.0.a3
0.9.0.a4
0.9.0.a6
0.9.0.a8
0.9.0.a10
0.9.0.a90
0.9.0.a91
0.9.0.a92
0.9.0.b01
0.9.0.b02
0.9.0.rc01
0.9.0.rc02