HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. HtmlUnit initializes Rhino engine improperly, hence a malicious JavScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Moreover, when embedded in Android application, Android-specific initialization of Rhino engine is done in an improper way, hence a malicious JavaScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. HtmlUnit initializes Rhino engine     improperly, hence a malicious JavScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Moreover,     when embedded in Android application, Android-specific initialization of Rhino engine is done in an     improper way, hence a malicious JavaScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application.
    (CVE-2020-5529)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4584-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that HtmlUnit incorrectly initialized Rhino engine. An Attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary Java code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

In HtmlUnit, a GUI-Less browser for Java programs, malicious JavaScript code was able to execute arbitrary Java code on the application.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.8-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your htmlunit packages.

For the detailed security status of htmlunit please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/htmlunit

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
260838	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-5529	Nessus	Misc.	high
141483	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : HtmlUnit vulnerability (USN-4584-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
139624	Debian DLA-2326-1 : htmlunit security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2020-5529

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