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Echo: samba: security update to 2:4.1.22+dfsg-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461461

Description

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

 - vfs.c in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, when share
 names with certain substring relationships exist, allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-access
 restrictions via a symlink that points outside of a share. (CVE-2015-5252)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:4.1.22+dfsg-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2015-5252

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461461

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5252

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5252

IAVA: 2016-A-0002-S