Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003441)

high Nessus Plugin ID 287896

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-2026-003441 advisory.

The sr_do_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sr_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.16.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact because sense buffers have different sizes at the CDROM layer and the SCSI layer, as demonstrated by a CDROMREADMODE2 ioctl call.

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?6a5a512f

http://www.nessus.org/u?fb0e6510

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948

http://www.nessus.org/u?c83f3d53

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11506

https://twitter.com/efrmv/status/1001574894273007616

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 287896

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-003441.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11506

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/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: 5/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11506