Cross-site request forgery in Samba

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU32701

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

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

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00042.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00033.html
http://osvdb.org/89627
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1310.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1542.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0305.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2617
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-0214
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57631
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2922-1
http://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.