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Echo: samba: security update to 2:4.6.7+dfsg-2

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462976

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in the way samba client before samba 4.4.16, samba 4.5.14 and samba 4.6.8 used encryption
 with the max protocol set as SMB3. The connection could lose the requirement for signing and encrypting to
 any DFS redirects, allowing an attacker to read or alter the contents of the connection via a man-in-the-
 middle attack. (CVE-2017-12151)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:4.6.7+dfsg-2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-12151

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462976

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12151

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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: 9/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12151

IAVA: 2017-A-0281-S