CVE-2013-4475

medium
Published 2013-11-13 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.0

Description

Samba 3.2.x through 3.6.x before 3.6.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, and 4.1.x before 4.1.1, when vfs_streams_depot or vfs_streams_xattr is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass intended file restrictions by leveraging ACL differences between a file and an associated alternate data stream (ADS).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian6.0affected
debian debian7.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.10affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:4.0.11+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:4.0.11+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:4.0.11+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed2:4.0.11+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:4.0.11+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sambasamba{"startIncluding":"3.2.0","endExcluding":"3.6.20"}3.6.20
sambasamba4.1.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.