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Debian: DSA-2290-1 Critical: SWAT CSRF and XSS Issues Detected

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2011
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Ubuntu releases USN-1234-1 addressing security vulnerabilities in GNOME Terminal. Users advised to upgrade.
The Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) contains several cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities (CVE-2011-2522) and a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2011-2694)
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Summary

The Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) contains several cross-site
request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities (CVE-2011-2522) and a
cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2011-2694).

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 2:3.2.5-4lenny15.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed
in version 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze5.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution
(sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.5.10~dfsg-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: samba
CVE ID: CVE-2011-2522 CVE-2011-2694

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