CVE-2013-4496

N/A Unknown
Published: March 14, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0138.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00062.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.23.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66336
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2156-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0138.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00062.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.23.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66336
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2156-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.5%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-255

Affected Vendors

samba canonical

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