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Echo: samba: security update to 2:3.4.0~pre1-1

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 463121

Description

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

 - Heap-based buffer overflow in process.c in smbd in Samba 3.0, as used in the file-sharing service on the
 BlackBerry PlayBook tablet before 2.0.0.7971 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial
 of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a Batched (aka AndX) request that
 triggers infinite recursion. (CVE-2012-0870)

Solution

Update the samba library and its related packages to version 2:3.4.0~pre1-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2012-0870

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 463121

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0870

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 2/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0870