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CVE-2013-4124 json

Integer overflow in the read_nttrans_ea_list function in nttrans.c in smbd in Samba 3.x before 3.5.22, 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and 4.x before…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4052

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
69.0%
EPSS 69.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer overflow in the read_nttrans_ea_list function in nttrans.c in smbd in Samba 3.x before 3.5.22, 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed packet.

Patch / fix

  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.6.17-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4124

  • samba RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10
  • samba-swat RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10
  • libsmbclient RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10
  • samba-client RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10
  • samba-common RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10
  • samba4 RHEL 6 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4
  • samba4-dc RHEL 6 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4
  • samba4-libs RHEL 6 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0305RHSA-2013:1543RHSA-2013:1542RHSA-2013:1310

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.5.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4124 updated cvss 4.3

samba: DoS via integer overflow when reading an EA list

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) samba3x 3.6.6-0.136.el5, samba 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10, samba3x-swat 3.6.6-0.136.el5, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10, samba3x-client 3.6.6-0.136.el5, samba3x-common 3.6.6-0.136.el5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) samba3x 3.6.6-0.136.el5, samba 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10, samba3x-swat 3.6.6-0.136.el5, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10, samba3x-client 3.6.6-0.136.el5, samba3x-common 3.6.6-0.136.el5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0305
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) samba 3.6.9-164.el6, samba4 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4, libsmbclient 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-client 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-common 3.6.9-164.el6, samba4-dc 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) samba 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-swat 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-domainjoin-gui 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-winbind-krb5-locator 3.6.9-164.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1542
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) samba3x 3.6.6-0.136.el5, samba 3.0.33-3.40.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0305
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) samba 3.6.9-164.el6, samba4 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4, samba-client 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-common 3.6.9-164.el6, samba4-dc 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4, samba-winbind 3.6.9-164.el6, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) samba 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-swat 3.6.9-164.el6, libsmbclient 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-domainjoin-gui 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-winbind-krb5-locator 3.6.9-164.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) samba 3.6.9-164.el6, samba4 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4, libsmbclient 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-client 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-common 3.6.9-164.el6, samba4-dc 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) samba 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-swat 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-domainjoin-gui 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-winbind-krb5-locator 3.6.9-164.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) samba 3.6.9-164.el6, samba4 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4, libsmbclient 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-client 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-common 3.6.9-164.el6, samba4-dc 4.0.0-58.el6.rc4, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) samba 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-swat 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-domainjoin-gui 3.6.9-164.el6, samba-winbind-krb5-locator 3.6.9-164.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1542
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ctdb, samba, samba-dc, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +18 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-27778)

Exploit prediction

69.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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