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title: "CVE-2011-2522\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-2522

Publication date 28 July 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| samba | 11.04 natty | Fixed 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 2:3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu8.5 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.7 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.15 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2522?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| samba | * Upstream:   <http://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/security/> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2522)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2522)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-2522)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2522)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1182-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1182-1)
+ Samba vulnerabilities
+ 2 August 2011

### Other references

* <http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-2522>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2522>