Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: expat (UTSA-2026-142300)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Python affect AIX | 21 Oct 202611:22 | – | ibm | |
| CVE-2026-77214 | 7 Oct 202614:35 | – | alpinelinux | |
| CVE-2026-77214 affecting package expat for versions less than 2.9.0-1 | 12 Oct 202615:25 | – | cbl_mariner | |
| CVE-2026-77214 | 7 Oct 202617:05 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2026-77214 | 7 Oct 202614:35 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-77214 libexpat Heap Buffer Over-read in xmlparse.c via XML_ParseBuffer | 7 Oct 202614:35 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 6566-1] expat security update | 16 Oct 202606:14 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2026-77214 | 7 Oct 202614:35 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian dla-4849 : expat - security update | 22 Oct 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian dsa-6566 : expat - security update | 16 Oct 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(370111);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2026-77214");
script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: expat (UTSA-2026-142300)");
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-2026-142300 advisory.
libexpat before commit 13c5f63 contains a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlparse.c.
XML_ParseBuffer advances the parse buffer end with parser->m_bufferEnd += len using a caller-supplied
length that is not validated against the allocated buffer size, so repeated XML_ParseBuffer calls move
m_bufferEnd past the end of the heap allocation and subsequent parsing reads out of bounds. Reaching this
path requires a parse buffer to already be present; otherwise XML_ParseBuffer returns XML_ERROR_NO_BUFFER.
A buffer is present after a prior call to XML_GetBuffer, either directly (the common case) or indirectly
through a prior XML_Parse call that allocates the buffer internally. The over-read discloses adjacent heap
memory to the calling application, recovering heap pointers, libc function pointers, and code pointers
sufficient to defeat ASLR and build further exploitation primitives.
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-2026-142300
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cf4c051e");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://atomgit.com/src-openeuler/expat/issues/85");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77214");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected expat package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-77214");
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:"2026/10/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/21");
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:"^(20.1050e|20.1060e|20.1070e)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e', '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 && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'UOS Server', cpu);
var constraints = [
{
'release': '20',
'sp': '1050e',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
},
{
'release': '20',
'sp': '1060e',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1060e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1060e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1060e', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
},
{
'release': '20',
'sp': '1070e',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-2.5.0-24.uel20.02', 'sp':'1070e', '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, 'expat');
}
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