# 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 int

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-03-14 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0138.html
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00062.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66336
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2156-1
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.23.html

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