Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001160)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 290521

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-2026-001160 advisory.

The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 mishandles the case of a rule blob that contains a jump but lacks a user-defined chain, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW or CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, related to arpt_do_table in net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c, ipt_do_table in net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c, and ip6t_do_table in net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c.

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?031bfa82

http://www.nessus.org/u?d89846f6

http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2018/01/27/46

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/870355/

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040446

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547824

http://www.nessus.org/u?61b26ca1

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1065

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 290521

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-001160.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1065

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1065