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Echo: samba: security update to 2:4.5.6+dfsg-2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 463402

Description

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

 - Samba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to
 allow access to areas of the server file system not exported under the share definition. (CVE-2017-2619)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:4.5.6+dfsg-2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-2619

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 463402

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.35

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2619

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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: 3/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2619

IAVA: 2017-A-0085-S