ubuntu-cve-2013-4496
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-03-14 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libnss-winbind",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-smbpass",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-winbind",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libparse-pidl-perl",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsmbclient",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsmbsharemodes0",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwbclient0",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-samba",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "registry-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "samba",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "samba-common",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "samba-common-bin",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "samba-dsdb-modules",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "samba-libs",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "samba-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "samba-vfs-modules",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "smbclient",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "winbind",
            "binary_version": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "samba",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3",
        "2:4.0.10+dfsg-4ubuntu2",
        "2:4.0.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu2",
        "2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4496",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:39Z",
  "published": "2014-03-14T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4496"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2156-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4496"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2156-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-4496"
  ]
}



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