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CVE-2013-4496: canonical ubuntu_linux Credentials Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0138UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4496DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4496
Published 14-03-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4496 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 9.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
9.76%
0%100%
Low · +0.18 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1RHSA-2014:0330RHSA-2014:0383

Timeline

  1. 14-03-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

9.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.18 pp

From 9.58% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
9.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mageia2 products
  • samba< 3.6.15-1.4.mga3
  • samba< 3.6.23-1.mga4
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • samba< 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1
Samba1 product
  • samba≥ 3.4.0, < 3.6.23 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.16 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • samba< 2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4

5 vendors · 6 products

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