| Name | CVE-2016-3176 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 819184 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| salt | source | (unstable) | 2015.8.8+ds-1 | 819184 |
[jessie] - salt <no-dsa> (Minor issue; external_auth not by default usable)
external_auth seems not usable by default under Jessie due to the
permissions on /var/run/salt/master.
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/31826/commits/d73f70ebb289142e4f692359fe741a54f5d2ad65
Fixed in 2015.5.10/2015.8.8 upstream