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>> Netscape Browser Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Title : Netscape Browser Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0583
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-05-20

Technical Description

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Netscape Communications has released a security patch to correct various vulnerabilities identified in Netscape Browser. These critical flaws, intially reported in Firefox, could be exploited by malicious websites to execute arbitrary commands, conduct Cross Site Scripting attacks or cause a denial of service. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0530 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0493 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0433 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0397 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0361 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0312 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0296 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0206 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0116 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-0112

Affected Products

Netscape Browser version 8.x
Netscape Browser version 7.x
Netscape Browser version 6.x

Solution

Upgrade to Netscape Browser version 8.0.1 :
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/download/default.jsp

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0583
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/security/alerts.jsp

ChangeLog

2005-05-20 : Initial release
2005-05-21 : Updated Description

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