PT-2001-1222 · Netscape · Netscape

Published 2001-01-09 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-1187

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 versions 4.75 and earlier

Description: A buffer overflow issue exists in the HTML parser, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by using a long password value in a form field.

Recommendations: For Netscape versions 4.75 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-1187

Affected Products

Netscape

References · 8

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-109.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1187 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:66.netscape.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97500270012529&w=2 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7207 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5542 · Note
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000344 · Note
• http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2000-Nov/0005.html · Note