Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: tang (UTSA-2023-002173)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 349008

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-2023-002173 advisory.

A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same host.

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 tang package.

See Also

https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/tang/issues/I7DYBR

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1672

http://www.nessus.org/u?3366589e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 349008

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2023-002173.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/22/2026

Updated: 9/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1672

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1672