CVE-2011-2694
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the chg_passwd function in web/swat.c in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x before 3.5.10 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter to the passwd program (aka the user field to the Change Password page).
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
| 8.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 8 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2:3.5.10~dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2:3.5.10~dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2:3.5.10~dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:3.5.10~dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2:3.5.10~dfsg-1 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | samba | {"startIncluding":"3.0.0","endExcluding":"3.3.16"} | 3.3.16 |
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63041502/index.html
- http://osvdb.org/74072
- http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45496
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025852
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1182-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2290
- http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c03008543
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:121
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-2694
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48901
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722537
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8289
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68844
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2694
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.