Bug 1320865 – CVE-2016-3176 salt: insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service

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Bug 1320865 - (CVE-2016-3176) CVE-2016-3176 salt: insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service

Summary:	CVE-2016-3176 salt: insecure configuration of PAM external authentication ser...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-3176

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1320867 1320868 1320869
Blocks:	1368051
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Reported:	2016-03-24 04:50 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2016-09-06 05:02 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	salt 2015.5.10
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-03-24 04:50:16 EDT

This issue involves passing an alternative PAM authentication service with a command that is sent to LocalClient, enabling the attacker to bypass the configured authentication service.

External references:

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-03-24 04:52:31 EDT

Created salt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1320867]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1320868]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1320869]

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