Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: python3.11 (UTSA-2026-141783)

high Nessus Plugin ID 369065

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-2026-141783 advisory.

There is a HIGH severity vulnerability affecting the CPython zipfile module affecting zipfile.Path. Note that the more common API zipfile.ZipFile class is unaffected.





When iterating over names of entries in a zip archive (for example, methods of zipfile.Path like namelist(), iterdir(), etc) the process can be put into an infinite loop with a maliciously crafted zip archive. This defect applies when reading only metadata or extracting the contents of the zip archive. Programs that are not handling user-controlled zip archives are not affected.

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 python3.11 package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8088

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/122905

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123270

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/122906

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241011-0010/

http://www.nessus.org/u?06c5c36a

http://www.nessus.org/u?19b73de0

http://www.nessus.org/u?2ac43e64

http://www.nessus.org/u?304616b1

http://www.nessus.org/u?41f3b03a

http://www.nessus.org/u?48ac3e27

http://www.nessus.org/u?4f6304d8

http://www.nessus.org/u?547ead03

http://www.nessus.org/u?60ffd1d6

http://www.nessus.org/u?62d353b6

http://www.nessus.org/u?67d9a923

http://www.nessus.org/u?a1336cc0

http://www.nessus.org/u?e81e1482

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff38431a

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/22/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/22/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/23/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/23/2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 369065

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-141783.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8088

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8088