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Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: libpng12 (UTSA-2026-093170)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 340354
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-2026-093170 advisory.The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.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 libpng12 package.See Also
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6954
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 340354
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-093170.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 8/26/2026
Updated: 8/26/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.67
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6954
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 8/6/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-6954