Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (UTSA-2026-147008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 373826

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-2026-147008 advisory.

A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIGetSelectedEvents() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly when triggered by a client with a different endianness. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to cause the X server to read heap memory values and then transmit them back to the client until encountering an unmapped page, resulting in a crash. Despite the attacker's inability to control the specific memory copied into the replies, the small length values typically stored in a 32-bit integer can result in significant attempted out-of-bounds reads.

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 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 373826

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-147008.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Unity Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.08

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31080

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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: 10/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-31080

Detections

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