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CVE-2011-2694

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).

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-2694 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from samba, from canonical, from debian organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-07-29T20:55:02.220

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	samba	samba	< 3.3.16	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 3.4.14	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 3.5.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.04	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	6.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63041502/index.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/74072 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.10.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/45393 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/45488 Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/45496 Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025852 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1182-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2290 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c03008543 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:121 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-2694 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48901 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722537 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8289 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63041502/index.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/74072 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.10.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45393 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45488 Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45496 Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025852 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1182-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2290 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c03008543 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:121 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-2694 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48901 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722537 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8289 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For samba's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.