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Ubuntu: USN-4584-1 (CVE-2020-5529): HtmlUnit vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 11, 2020
Added
Oct 16, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-libhtmlunit-java
Title
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