GHSA-V2RP-9CPJ-PFW2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:01 – Updated: 2024-10-21 21:27
VLAI
Summary
Salt Insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service
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.

Severity
5.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "salt"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2015.5.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "salt"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2015.8"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2015.8.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-3176"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-287"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-29T16:48:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-01-31T19:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2",
  "modified": "2024-10-21T21:27:52Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:01:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3176"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-33.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Salt Insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service"
}


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