CVE-2013-4496
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2013-4496 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (samba4) | RHSA-2014:0383 | 2014-04-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (samba3x) | RHSA-2014:0330 | 2014-03-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (samba) | RHSA-2014:0330 | 2014-03-25 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 | samba | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Samba project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Andrew Bartlett as the original reporter.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation