Cross-site request forgery in Samba

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU32701

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0214

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Update to version 3.5.21.

Vulnerable software versions

Samba: 3.0 - 3.5.20

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00019.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00042.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00029.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00033.html
https://osvdb.org/89627
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1310.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1542.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0305.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2617
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-0214
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57631
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2922-1
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.