PT-1999-1605 · Netscape · Netscape Navigator/Communicator

Published 1999-11-24 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-1999-1189

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netscape Navigator/Communicator version 4.7

Description A buffer overflow issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long argument after the ? character in a URL that references certain file types, such as .asp, .cgi, .html, or .pl files.

Recommendations For Netscape Navigator/Communicator version 4.7, consider avoiding the use of long arguments after the ? character in URLs that reference .asp, .cgi, .html, or .pl files until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1189

Affected Products

Netscape Navigator/Communicator

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/36306 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/822 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1189 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/36608 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7884 · Note