[thelist] Netscape

pandy pandion at gmx.net
Wed Aug 4 04:02:39 CDT 2004


Tim Beadle wrote:
>Netscape 7.1 is our company standard browser because, if you hadn't
>noticed, IE is a bug-ridden, insecure POS.

While that may be true, the 'other' browsers aren't free from security 
related issues either. This was out yesterday. It isn't the first, but 
maybe the worst.

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Mozilla / Netscape SOAPParameter Integer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12204
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12204/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
 From remote
SOFTWARE:
Mozilla 1.2
http://secunia.com/product/3100/
Mozilla 1.1
http://secunia.com/product/98/
Mozilla 1.0
http://secunia.com/product/97/
Mozilla 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/772/
Mozilla 1.3
http://secunia.com/product/1480/
Mozilla 1.4
http://secunia.com/product/1481/
Mozilla 1.5
http://secunia.com/product/2478/
Mozilla 1.6
http://secunia.com/product/3101/
Netscape 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/85/

[...]

This has been reported in Mozilla 1.6, and Netscape 7.0 and 7.1.
Prior versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Mozilla 1.7.1 is reportedly not vulnerable.
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pandy



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