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Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: numpy (UTSA-2026-017404)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 313899
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-2026-017404 advisory.Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy < and 1.19 in the PyArray_DescrNew function due to missing return-value validation, which allows attackers to conduct DoS attacks by repetitively creating sort arrays. NOTE: While correct that validation is missing, an error can only occur due to an exhaustion of memory. If the user can exhaust memory, they are already privileged. Further, it should be practically impossible to construct an attack which can target the memory exhaustion to occur at exactly this place
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 numpy package.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?5eaccad7
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 313899
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-017404.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 5/11/2026
Updated: 5/11/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.5
Temporal Score: 2.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41495
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-41495