Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003752)

high Nessus Plugin ID 288673

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-2026-003752 advisory.

The Linux kernel 4.x (starting from 4.1) and 5.x before 5.0.8 allows Information Exposure (partial kernel address disclosure), leading to a KASLR bypass. Specifically, it is possible to extract the KASLR kernel image offset using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). This key contains enough bits from a kernel address (of a static variable) so when the key is extracted (via enumeration), the offset of the kernel image is exposed. This attack can be carried out remotely, by the attacker forcing the target device to send UDP or ICMP (or certain other) traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. Forcing a server to send UDP traffic is trivial if the server is a DNS server. ICMP traffic is trivial if the server answers ICMP Echo requests (ping). For client targets, if the target visits the attacker's web page, then WebRTC or gQUIC can be used to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. NOTE: this attack against KASLR became viable in 4.1 because IP ID generation was changed to have a dependency on an address associated with a network namespace.

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?d584894a

http://www.nessus.org/u?2305893a

http://www.nessus.org/u?390095f8

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.10478.pdf

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.8

http://www.nessus.org/u?9aa85c51

http://www.nessus.org/u?ae2230f9

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00022.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-10639

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0001/

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32804955

http://www.nessus.org/u?19b37d35

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 288673

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-003752.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10639

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 1/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10639