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    CVE-2013-4496

    Samba 3.x before 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.16, and 4.1.x before 4.1.6 does not enforce the password-guessing protection mechanism for all interfaces, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via brute-force ChangePasswordUser2 (1) SAMR or (2) RAP attempts.

    Published:Mar 12, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Mar 14, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.06475
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Samba
    Product
    Samba

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0138.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00062.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082
    http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.23.html
    http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html
    http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html
    http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66336
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2156-1
    https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993
    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0138.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00062.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082
    http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.23.html
    http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html
    http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html
    http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66336
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2156-1
    https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High