Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987714)

high Nessus Plugin ID 270910

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-987714 advisory.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: hda/via: Avoid potential array out-of-bound in add_secret_dac_path()

snd_hda_get_connections() can return a negative error code.
It may lead to accessing 'conn' array at a negative index.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e47a6393

http://www.nessus.org/u?584d5dbf

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52988

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 270910

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987714.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/21/2025

Updated: 10/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52988

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52988