Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: pcp (UTSA-2024-004479)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 341439

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-2024-004479 advisory.

A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP). This flaw allows an attacker to send specially crafted data to the system, which could cause the program to misbehave or crash.

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 pcp package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45769

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45769

http://www.nessus.org/u?3704b5e3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 341439

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2024-004479.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/29/2026

Updated: 8/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45769

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 10/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45769