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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 9.8%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.8% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-9132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0138.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0405 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201502-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-7672 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0404 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1107 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 66336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2156-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.23.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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