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CVE-2010-5142

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
OpscodeChef
through 0.8.10
Versions 0.7.2, 0.7.4, 0.7.6, 0.7.8, 0.7.10

Weakness classification

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