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Echo: samba: security update to 2:4.4.5+dfsg-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 460461

Description

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

 - libcli/smb/smbXcli_base.c in Samba 4.x before 4.2.14, 4.3.x before 4.3.11, and 4.4.x before 4.4.5 allows
 man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass a client-signing protection mechanism, and consequently spoof SMB2
 and SMB3 servers, via the (1) SMB2_SESSION_FLAG_IS_GUEST or (2) SMB2_SESSION_FLAG_IS_NULL flag.
 (CVE-2016-2119)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:4.4.5+dfsg-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2016-2119

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 460461

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 7/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2119

IAVA: 2016-A-0195-S