Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 290662

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-2026-001025 advisory.

The stack randomization feature in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 on 64-bit platforms uses incorrect data types for the results of bitwise left-shift operations, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by predicting the address of the top of the stack, related to the randomize_stack_top function in fs/binfmt_elf.c and the stack_maxrandom_size function in arch/x86/mm/mmap.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?18e14db5

http://www.nessus.org/u?b88e2b7b

http://hmarco.org/bugs/linux-ASLR-integer-overflow.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?a67ba2b0

http://www.nessus.org/u?5c7f4066

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1137.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/13

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72607

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2560-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2561-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2564-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2565-1

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192519

http://www.nessus.org/u?fdecf034

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/7/811

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1593

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 290662

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-001025.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1593

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1593