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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-5097

CVE-2011-5097

Description

chef-server-api/app/controllers/cookbooks.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.18, and 0.10.x before 0.10.2, does not require administrative privileges for the update and destroy methods, which allows remote authenticated users to (1) upload cookbooks via a knife cookbook upload command or (2) delete cookbooks via a knife cookbook delete command.

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Affected products

23
  • Chef/Chef23 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.9.16
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <0.9.18 || >=0.10.0 <0.10.2

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