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salt -- Insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service

Affected packages
		py27-salt	<	2015.5.10
2015.8.0	<=	py27-salt	<	2015.8.8
		py32-salt	<	2015.5.10
2015.8.0	<=	py32-salt	<	2015.8.8
		py33-salt	<	2015.5.10
2015.8.0	<=	py33-salt	<	2015.8.8
		py34-salt	<	2015.5.10
2015.8.0	<=	py34-salt	<	2015.8.8
		py35-salt	<	2015.5.10
2015.8.0	<=	py35-salt	<	2015.8.8

Details

VuXML ID	6d25c306-f3bb-11e5-92ce-002590263bf5
Discovery	2016-03-17
Entry	2016-03-27

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.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CVE-2016-3176
URL	https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html