UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3176

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3176
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3176.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3176
Upstream
Published
2017-01-31T19:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:41Z
Severity
  • 5.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.16.0-1
0.16.4-2
0.17.1+dfsg-1
0.17.2-1
0.17.2-2
0.17.2-3
0.17.4-1
0.17.4-2
0.17.5-1
0.17.5+ds-1
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4",
            "binary_name": "salt-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4",
            "binary_name": "salt-master"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4",
            "binary_name": "salt-minion"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4",
            "binary_name": "salt-ssh"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4",
            "binary_name": "salt-syndic"
        }
    ]
}