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CVE-2010-5142 (chef): Chef Improper Access Control Vulnerability

ADVISORIES

GEM

chef

SEVERITY

CVSS v2.0: 6.5 (Medium)

PATCHED VERSIONS

  • >= 0.9.0

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.

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