Improper Authentication Affecting salt package, versions <2015.8.8+ds-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.1% (41st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SALT-292656
- published 31 Jan 2017
- disclosed 31 Jan 2017
Introduced: 31 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-3176 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 salt to version 2015.8.8+ds-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.