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Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001153)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 291195
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-2026-001153 advisory.The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a certain sequence-number value, aka a double fetch vulnerability.
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
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195559
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8831
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
http://www.nessus.org/u?66aa7d19
http://www.nessus.org/u?ca767b29
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 291195
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-001153.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 1/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8831
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/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: 1/14/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-8831