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TI-2011-02355 Aliases CVE-2011-2694GHSA-9xqr-g3w9-82pj

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the chg_passwd function in web/swat.c in the…

Priority LOW 22CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06049 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
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: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: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: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: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
  • 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

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-2011-2694
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xqr-g3w9-82pj

References

Patch 2

Advisory 7

Other 1

Sources

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