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TI-2011-02214 Aliases CVE-2011-2522GHSA-5cxg-6999-xfwq

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Samba Web…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.10621 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 to before 3.3.16; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.14; 3.5.0 to before 3.5.10VulnerableSamba
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*8.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*10.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 3.3.16; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.14; 3.5.0 to before 3.5.10 Vulnerable ·Samba
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 8.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 10.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2011:1221 Released 2011-08-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    samba and cifs-utils security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) cifs-utils-4.8.1-2.el6_1.2, libsmbclient-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, libsmbclient-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4.ppc +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libsmbclient-devel-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, libsmbclient-devel-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4.ppc, samba-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4 +6
  • RHSA-2011:1220 Released 2011-08-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    samba3x security update
    • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba3x-winbind-devel-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba3x-winbind-devel-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2.i386, samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2.ia64 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2.i386, samba3x-client-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2 +11
  • RHSA-2011:1219 Released 2011-08-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    samba security update
    • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libsmbclient-devel-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, libsmbclient-devel-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4.i386, samba-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4.i386, libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4.ia64 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4.i386, samba-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4 +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.i386, samba-client-3.0.33-0.34.el4 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.ia64 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2011:1219, RHSA-2011:1220
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2011:1219, RHSA-2011:1220
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2011:1219, RHSA-2011:1220
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:1221
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:1221
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-2522
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5cxg-6999-xfwq

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 9

Other 1

Sources

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