CVE-2013-4475

Description

Samba 3.2.x through 3.6.x before 3.6.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, and 4.1.x before 4.1.1, when vfs_streams_depot or vfs_streams_xattr is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass intended file restrictions by leveraging ACL differences between a file and an associated alternate data stream (ADS).

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.29% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory samba.org Vendor Advisory samba.org Vendor Advisory samba.org Vendor Advisory samba.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2054-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.1.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56508 third party advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.11.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63646 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2812 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.20.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00083.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00088.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00115.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993 third party advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4475 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1806.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2013_4475_access_control third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00117.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0009.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4475?
CVE-2013-4475 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4475?
To fix CVE-2013-4475, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-4475 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-4475 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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