CVE-2016-3176

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.6
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-3176
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-31T19:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-07T18:41:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2015.5.9
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 5.6
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3176
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3176
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:27:21 2017-01-31T19:59Z 2017-01-31T19:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:27:21 2017-02-07T18:41:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:27:21 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated