Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001880)

high Nessus Plugin ID 286394

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-2026-001880 advisory.

The Linux kernel before 3.12, when UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) is enabled, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call and sends both short and long packets, related to the ip_ufo_append_data function in net/ipv4/ip_output.c and the ip6_ufo_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c.

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?8c2dd9cc

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2050-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2069-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2073-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1023477

http://www.nessus.org/u?f67d6627

http://www.nessus.org/u?bb6367b9

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4470

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2

http://www.nessus.org/u?24b703c6

http://www.nessus.org/u?7023cdc8

http://www.nessus.org/u?d6b74c03

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1801.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0100.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0284.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/25/5

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63359

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2040-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2042-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2043-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2044-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2046-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2049-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 286394

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-001880.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4470

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4470