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Echo: samba: security update to 2:4.12.3+dfsg-2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 464369

Description

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

 - A flaw was found when using samba as an Active Directory Domain Controller. Due to the way samba handles
 certain requests as an Active Directory Domain Controller LDAP server, an unauthorized user can cause a
 stack overflow leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system
 availability. This issue affects all samba versions before 4.10.15, before 4.11.8 and before 4.12.2.
 (CVE-2020-10704)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:4.12.3+dfsg-2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2020-10704

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 464369

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10704

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 4/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10704

IAVA: 2020-A-0175-S