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Echo: samba: security update to 2:4.7.4+dfsg-2

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458300

Description

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

 - All versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the RPC spoolss
 service is configured to be run as an external daemon. Missing input sanitization checks on some of the
 input parameters to spoolss RPC calls could cause the print spooler service to crash. (CVE-2018-1050)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:4.7.4+dfsg-2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2018-1050

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 458300

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1050

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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: 3/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1050

IAVA: 2018-A-0074-S