Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002041)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 286407

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-2026-002041 advisory.

The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages.
NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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?a9b2f661

http://www.nessus.org/u?71793e27

http://www.nessus.org/u?40478fd8

http://www.nessus.org/u?043efb17

http://osvdb.org/89903

http://secunia.com/advisories/52059

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/9

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57740

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81923

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0231

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 286407

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-002041.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0231

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0231