vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-6d25c306-f3bb-11e5-92ce-002590263bf5 (CVE-2016-3176): salt -- Insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Mar 27, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 27, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
SaltStack reports: This issue affects all Salt versions prior to 2015.8.8/2015.5.10 when PAM external authentication is enabled. 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.
Solutions
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