id: PYSEC-2017-33
details: 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.
affected:
- package:
    name: salt
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/salt
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: "0"
    - fixed: 2015.5.10
    - introduced: "2015.8"
    - fixed: 2015.8.8
  versions:
  - 0.10.0
  - 0.10.1
  - 0.10.2
  - 0.10.3
  - 0.10.4
  - 0.10.5
  - 0.11.0
  - 0.11.1
  - 0.12.0
  - 0.12.1
  - 0.13.0
  - 0.13.1
  - 0.13.2
  - 0.13.3
  - 0.14.0
  - 0.14.1
  - 0.15.0
  - 0.15.1
  - 0.15.2
  - 0.15.3
  - 0.15.90
  - 0.16.0
  - 0.16.1
  - 0.16.2
  - 0.16.3
  - 0.16.4
  - 0.17.0
  - 0.17.0rc1
  - 0.17.1
  - 0.17.2
  - 0.17.3
  - 0.17.4
  - 0.17.5
  - 0.8.7
  - 0.8.9
  - 0.9.0
  - 0.9.1
  - 0.9.2
  - 0.9.3
  - 0.9.4
  - 0.9.5
  - 0.9.6
  - 0.9.7
  - 0.9.8
  - 0.9.9
  - 0.9.9.1
  - 2014.1.0
  - 2014.1.0rc1
  - 2014.1.0rc2
  - 2014.1.0rc3
  - 2014.1.1
  - 2014.1.10
  - 2014.1.11
  - 2014.1.12
  - 2014.1.13
  - 2014.1.2
  - 2014.1.3
  - 2014.1.4
  - 2014.1.5
  - 2014.1.6
  - 2014.1.7
  - 2014.1.8
  - 2014.1.9
  - 2014.7.0
  - 2014.7.0rc1
  - 2014.7.0rc2
  - 2014.7.0rc3
  - 2014.7.0rc4
  - 2014.7.0rc5
  - 2014.7.0rc6
  - 2014.7.0rc7
  - 2014.7.1
  - 2014.7.2
  - 2014.7.3
  - 2014.7.4
  - 2014.7.5
  - 2014.7.6
  - 2014.7.7
  - 2015.2.0rc1
  - 2015.2.0rc2
  - 2015.5.0
  - 2015.5.1
  - 2015.5.2
  - 2015.5.3
  - 2015.5.4
  - 2015.5.5
  - 2015.5.6
  - 2015.5.7
  - 2015.5.8
  - 2015.5.9
  - 2015.8.0
  - 2015.8.1
  - 2015.8.2
  - 2015.8.3
  - 2015.8.4
  - 2015.8.5
  - 2015.8.7
references:
- type: WEB
  url: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html
- type: WEB
  url: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2
aliases:
- CVE-2016-3176
- GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2
modified: "2021-07-05T00:01:26.354816Z"
published: "2017-01-31T19:59:00Z"