FreeBSD : Samba -- XSS and request forgery vulnerabilities (56f4b3a6-c82c-11e0-a498-00215c6a37bb)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55877

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Samba security advisory reports :

All current released versions of Samba are vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT). By tricking a user who is authenticated with SWAT into clicking a manipulated URL on a different web page, it is possible to manipulate SWAT.

All current released versions of Samba are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting issue in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT). On the 'Change Password' field, it is possible to insert arbitrary content into the 'user' field.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a162f9d1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55877

File Name: freebsd_pkg_56f4b3a6c82c11e0a49800215c6a37bb.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:samba34, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:samba35, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2522, CVE-2011-2694

BID: 48899, 48901