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CVE-2017-7174

Published: Mar 17, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7174
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

The user-account creation feature in Chef Manage 2.1.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is fixed in 2.4.5.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.1.0 (including)2.1.0 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.2.0 (including)2.2.0 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.3.0 (including)2.3.0 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.4.0 (including)2.4.0 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.4.1 (including)2.4.1 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.4.2 (including)2.4.2 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.4.3 (including)2.4.3 (including)
Chef_manageChef_manage_project2.4.4 (including)2.4.4 (including)

References

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