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Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003119)

🗓️ 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unity Linux 20.1060a update fixes kernel vulnerability enabling local root via xfrm_replay_verify_len.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(284924);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-7184");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003119)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
UTSA-2026-003119 advisory.

    The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not
    validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root
    privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN
    capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-
    image-* package 4.8.0.41.52.

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.");
  # https://src.uniontech.com/#/security_advisory_detail?utsa_id=UTSA-2026-003119
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?70a3cc31");
  # http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=677e806da4d916052585301785d847c3b3e6186a
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a13bf16e");
  # http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f843ee6dd019bcece3e74e76ad9df0155655d0df
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?957c1b3f");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/29/2");
  # http://www.eweek.com/security/ubuntu-linux-falls-on-day-1-of-pwn2own-hacking-competition
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2e303dc8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97018");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038166");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2918");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://blog.trendmicro.com/results-pwn2own-2017-day-one/");
  # https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/677e806da4d916052585301785d847c3b3e6186a
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2409c169");
  # https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f843ee6dd019bcece3e74e76ad9df0155655d0df
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c25a6bb7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7184");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/842126074435665920");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7184");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/03/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/01/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Unity Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/UOS-Server/release", "Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'UOS Server' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'UOS Server');
if (! preg(pattern:"^20.1060a|20.1070a([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1060a / 20.1070a', 'UOS Server ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'amd64' >!< cpu && 'loongarch64' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'UOS Server', cpu);


var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1060a',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-46.38', 'sp':'1060a', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-46.38', 'sp':'1060a', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-46.38', 'sp':'1060a', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1070a',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-79.5', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-79.5', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-79.5', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'loongarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-5.10.0-79.5', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kernel');
}

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16 Jan 2026 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 27.2
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.01902
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