{"id":"USN-8153-1","summary":"salt vulnerabilities","details":"Zach Malone discovered that Salt did not properly handle permissions to cache\ndata. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive\ninformation. (CVE-2015-8034)\nDylan Frese discovered that Salt incorrectly allowed users to specify PAM\nservice. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.\n(CVE-2016-3176)","modified":"2026-04-08T13:47:08.731786557Z","published":"2026-04-07T14:05:38Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8034","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3176"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8034","CVE-2016-3176","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8034","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3176"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8153-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8034"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3176"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"salt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"}]}],"versions":["0.16.0-1","0.16.4-2","0.17.1+dfsg-1","0.17.2-1","0.17.2-2","0.17.2-3","0.17.4-1","0.17.4-2","0.17.5-1","0.17.5+ds-1","0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2","0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"salt-common","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"},{"binary_name":"salt-master","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"},{"binary_name":"salt-minion","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"},{"binary_name":"salt-ssh","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"},{"binary_name":"salt-syndic","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-8034","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-3176","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8153-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}