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Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: libevent (UTSA-2026-106173)
high Nessus Plugin ID 342908
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-2026-106173 advisory.Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a heap out-of- bounds write in bufferevent_sock.c when bufferevent_socket_set_conn_address_ copies a kernel-supplied AF_UNIX peer address into bufferevent_private.conn_address. Release builds compiled with NDEBUG disable the EVUTIL_ASSERT length guard, and the evhttp accept path can pass a 110-byte sockaddr from accept() into the 28-byte field. An unauthenticated local peer able to connect to an AF_UNIX listener can overwrite the adjacent dns_request pointer and heap data, causing memory corruption with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
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 libevent package.See Also
https://atomgit.com/src-openeuler/libevent/issues/32
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 342908
File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-106173.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 9/4/2026
Updated: 9/4/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 58.17
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63388
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.4
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 9/4/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-63388