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CVE-2016-3176

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
31/01/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.60 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x
5.60
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2015.5.9 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools