Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: mysql (UTSA-2026-152991)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 380565

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-2026-152991 advisory.

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Connection Handling).
Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.42 and prior, 5.7.24 and prior and 8.0.13 and prior.
Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server.
Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL Server accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).

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 mysql package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1258

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2327

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2484

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2511

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2503

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190118-0002/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3867-1/

http://www.nessus.org/u?22902c2d

http://www.nessus.org/u?251727c7

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106626

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 380565

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-152991.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/13/2026

Updated: 11/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.21

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2503

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2503