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Echo: samba: security update to 2:4.1.9+dfsg-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458078

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The push_ascii function in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.24, 4.0.x before 4.0.19, and 4.1.x before 4.1.9
 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) via an
 attempt to read a Unicode pathname without specifying use of Unicode, leading to a character-set
 conversion failure that triggers an invalid pointer dereference. (CVE-2014-3493)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:4.1.9+dfsg-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2014-3493

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 458078

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3493

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3493