Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003852)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 288676

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-2026-003852 advisory.

In the AppleTalk subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.1, there is a potential NULL pointer dereference because register_snap_client may return NULL. This will lead to denial of service in net/appletalk/aarp.c and net/appletalk/ddp.c, as demonstrated by unregister_snap_client, aka CID-9804501fa122.

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?56ed7bc3

http://www.nessus.org/u?f7b591b6

http://www.nessus.org/u?5b6306fb

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1

http://www.nessus.org/u?8c75f9e0

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19227

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 288676

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-003852.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19227