Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003182)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 287401

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-2026-003182 advisory.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel present since v4.0-rc1 and through v4.13-rc4. A crafted network packet sent remotely by an attacker may force the kernel to enter an infinite loop in the cipso_v4_optptr() function in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c leading to a denial-of-service. A certain non-default configuration of LSM (Linux Security Module) and NetLabel should be set up on a system before an attacker could leverage this flaw.

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?a492e783

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/179

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105154

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041569

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10938

http://www.nessus.org/u?eeb3b537

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10938

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3797-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3797-2/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 287401

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-003182.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10938

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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: 8/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10938