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).

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.13% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory samba.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory samba.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:121 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c03008543 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025852 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63041502/index.html third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2290 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/74072 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45393 not applicable third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45496 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/45488 third party advisory not applicable
http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.10.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48901 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8289 issue tracking patch
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-2694 vendor advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1182-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68844 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722537 issue tracking patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2694?
CVE-2011-2694 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2694?
To fix CVE-2011-2694, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-2694 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-2694 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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