UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8559

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8559
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8559.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8559
Upstream
  • CVE-2015-8559
Published
2017-09-21T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:30Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The knife bootstrap command in chef Infra client before version 15.4.45 leaks the validator.pem private RSA key to /var/log/messages.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / chef

Package

Name
chef
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chef@11.8.2-2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

10.*
10.12.0-3
11.*
11.8.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chef",
            "binary_version": "11.8.2-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8559.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / chef

Package

Name
chef
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chef@12.3.0-3ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

12.*
12.3.0-2ubuntu1
12.3.0-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chef",
            "binary_version": "12.3.0-3ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8559.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / chef

Package

Name
chef
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chef@12.14.60-3ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

12.*
12.14.60-3
12.14.60-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chef",
            "binary_version": "12.14.60-3ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-chef-config",
            "binary_version": "12.14.60-3ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8559.json"