Debian DLA-2326-1 : htmlunit security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 139624

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libhtmlunit-java package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139624

File Name: debian_DLA-2326.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2020

Updated: 2/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5529

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhtmlunit-java

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5529

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