Description
Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.
Published: 2017-01-31
Score: 5.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0117 Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2 Salt Insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8153-1 Salt vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:58.127Z

Reserved: 2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3176

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-31T19:59:00.183

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-3176

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3176 - Bugzilla

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