samba: Password lockout not enforced for SAMR password changes
Published Mar 14, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.58%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.139.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0330
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
samba-0:3.6.9-168.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0330
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
samba4-0:4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0383
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
samba
Not affected
Red Hat Storage 2
samba
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.139.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0330 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba-0:3.6.9-168.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0330 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba4-0:4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0383 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | samba | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 2 | samba | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.58% (0.09577) | 95.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.56% (0.10557) | 95.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 6.48% (0.06475) | 90.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 4.52% (0.04521) | 88.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 5.99% (0.05992) | 89.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.01% (0.07011) | 90.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 78.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00640) | 79.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00540) | 76.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 25, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00540) | 74.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00524) | 73.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 87.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0138.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00062.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.23.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4496 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66336 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2156-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4496 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072792 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4496
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4496
Change history (0)
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