PT-2002-3020 · Netscape · Netscape Communicator

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-2308

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Netscape Communicator version 6.2.1

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in client browsers. This is achieved through a webpage containing a recursive META refresh tag, where the content tag is blank and the URL tag references itself.

Recommendations: For Netscape Communicator version 6.2.1, consider disabling the handling of recursive META refresh tags as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2308

Affected Products

Netscape Communicator

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2308 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9645.php · Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-July/000600.html · Note