MEDIUM · 6.8

CVE-2011-2522

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x before 3.5.10 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators ...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x before 3.5.10 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) shut down daemons, (2) start daemons, (3) add shares, (4) remove shares, (5) add printers, (6) remove printers, (7) add user accounts, or (8) remove user accounts, as demonstrated by certain start, stop, and restart parameters to the status program.

CVSS Score

6.8

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
SambaSamba>= 3.0.0, < 3.3.16
DebianDebian Linux5.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux8.04

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2011-2522?

CVE-2011-2522 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM). Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x before 3.5.10 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators ...

How severe is CVE-2011-2522?

CVE-2011-2522 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2011-2522?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Samba Samba, Debian Debian Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.