CVE-2016-3176

Publication date 31 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.6 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
salt 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.6 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L