CVE-2013-4496

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4496
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-14 10:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionSamba 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201502-15) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Samba - Release Notes Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0405-1: moderate: samba: security and bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.samba.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0404-1: moderate: samba: security and bugfix update to af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Samba - Release Notes Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:082 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0138 - Updated samba packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Samba SAMR Server Password Lockout Bypass Information Disclosure Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2156-1: Samba vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1107-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Samba - Release Notes Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: samba-4.0.21-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: samba-4.1.9-3.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1106-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Vendor Advisory
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