CVE-2013-4496

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.52% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory samba.org 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.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496 vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0138.html third party advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00062.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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66336 vdb entry third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2156-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.23.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4496?
CVE-2013-4496 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4496?
To fix CVE-2013-4496, 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-2013-4496 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-4496 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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