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ubuntu-cve-2016-3176

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-01-31 19:59

Modified

2026-04-08 12:23

Summary

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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3176	REPORT
	https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/relea…	REPORT
	https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/relea…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3176	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8153-1	ADVISORY

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  "affected": [
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
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      },
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        "0.16.4-2",
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        "0.17.2-2",
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    }
  ],
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    "USN-8153-1"
  ],
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-3176"
  ]
}

CVE-2016-3176 (GCVE-0-2016-3176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-31 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:47

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/relea…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/relea…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-03-23 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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usn-8153-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-04-07 14:05

Modified

2026-04-07 14:05

Summary

salt vulnerabilities

Details

Zach Malone discovered that Salt did not properly handle permissions to cache data. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-8034) Dylan Frese discovered that Salt incorrectly allowed users to specify PAM service. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2016-3176)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8153-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8034	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3176	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-8034",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-3176",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "salt-common",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "salt-master",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "salt-minion",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "salt-ssh",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "salt-syndic",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "0.16.4-2",
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}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2016-3176

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-3176 (GCVE-0-2016-3176)

usn-8153-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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