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Echo: samba: security update to 2:3.4.2-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 455247

Description

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

 - mount.cifs in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8 and 3.4 before 3.4.2, when
 mount.cifs is installed suid root, does not properly enforce permissions, which allows local users to read
 part of the credentials file and obtain the password by specifying the path to the credentials file and
 using the --verbose or -v option. (CVE-2009-2948)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:3.4.2-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2009-2948

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 455247

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2948

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 10/1/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2948

IAVB: 2009-B-0050-S