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Echo: samba: security update to 2:4.1.17+dfsg-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 462649

Description

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

 - Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.16, and 4.2.x before 4.2rc4, when an Active Directory Domain
 Controller (AD DC) is configured, allows remote authenticated users to set the LDB userAccountControl
 UF_SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT bit, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging delegation of authority for
 user-account or computer-account creation. (CVE-2014-8143)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:4.1.17+dfsg-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2014-8143

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462649

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: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 1/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8143

IAVA: 2015-A-0020-S