SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 interfaces, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via brute-force ChangePasswordUser2 (1) SAMR…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 9.58%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
9.58% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-255
Affected
samba/samba · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.