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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2012-08-08T10:00:00Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T20:41:52.707Z
Reserved: 2012-08-08T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2010-5142

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2012-08-08T10:26:17.503
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-5142

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