Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: samba (UTSA-2026-017527)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 313956

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-2026-017527 advisory.

A flaw was found in samba's DNS server. An authenticated user could use this flaw to the RPC server to crash. This RPC server, which also serves protocols other than dnsserver, will be restarted after a short delay, but it is easy for an authenticated non administrative attacker to crash it again as soon as it returns. The Samba DNS server itself will continue to operate, but many RPC services will not.

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 samba package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6480444d

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14383

http://www.nessus.org/u?e2ec8482

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 313956

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-017527.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 5/11/2026

Updated: 5/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14383

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14383