CVE-2016-3176
Salt Insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service
5.6
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.17%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-3176
To remediate CVE-2016-3176, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2015.5.10 or later
- —upgrade to 2015.5.10 or later
Is CVE-2016-3176 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2015.5.10
- from 0, < 2015.5.10, >= 2015.8, < 2015.8.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |