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CVE-2016-3176

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Date: January 31, 2017

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.

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Related Resources (6)

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-33.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3176
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-3176

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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