Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: mingw-expat (UTSA-2026-004807)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 291305

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-2026-004807 advisory.

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).

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 mingw-expat package.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45491

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45491

http://www.nessus.org/u?4aaf38b8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 291305

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-004807.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/17/2026

Updated: 1/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45491