[RHSA-2001:046-03] New netscape packages available

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Date: Wed Apr 11 2001 - 04:32:00 CEST

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    Synopsis: New netscape packages available
    Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:046-03
    Issue date: 2001-04-09
    Updated on: 2001-04-10
    Product: Red Hat Linux
    Keywords: netscape gif comment
    Cross references:
    Obsoletes:
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    1. Topic:

    New netscape packages are availabe to fix a problem with the handling of
    JavaScript in certain situations. By exploiting this flaw, a remote site
    could gain access to the browser history, and possibly other data.

    It is recommended that all users upgrade to the fixed packages.

    2. Relevant releases/architectures:

    Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386

    Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386

    3. Problem description:

    Netscape does not escape GIF file comments in the image information page;
    this allows JavaScript commands embedded therein to be executed. These
    commands could access data such as the browser history.

    Credit goes to Florian Wesch <fw@divduum.de> for discovering the
    vulnerability, and to Netscape for providing fixed packages.

    4. Solution:

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
    relevant to your system have been applied.

    To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

    rpm -Fvh [filenames]

    where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
    RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
    not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
    can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directly *only* contains the
    desired RPMs.

    Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
    people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
    launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

    up2date

    This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
    RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):

    6. RPMs required:

    Red Hat Linux 6.2:

    SRPMS:
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.77-0.6.2.src.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-alpha-4.77-0.6.2.src.rpm

    alpha:
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/alpha/netscape-common-4.77-0.6.2.alpha.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/alpha/netscape-communicator-4.77-0.6.2.alpha.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/alpha/netscape-navigator-4.77-0.6.2.alpha.rpm

    i386:
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.77-0.6.2.i386.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.77-0.6.2.i386.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.77-0.6.2.i386.rpm

    Red Hat Linux 7.0:

    SRPMS:
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.77-1.src.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-alpha-4.77-1.src.rpm

    alpha:
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/netscape-common-4.77-1.alpha.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/netscape-communicator-4.77-1.alpha.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/netscape-navigator-4.77-1.alpha.rpm

    i386:
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.77-1.i386.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.77-1.i386.rpm
    ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.77-1.i386.rpm

    7. Verification:

    MD5 sum Package Name
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    1fde261c2376c8d210f6d72d23ad4de6 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.77-0.6.2.src.rpm
    71b4f8c9d9cb39df21a6d99e0c062b80 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-alpha-4.77-0.6.2.src.rpm
    0190f8439a1507165230f328dfe46ba2 6.2/en/os/alpha/netscape-common-4.77-0.6.2.alpha.rpm
    a571ee08b6b44aa4cbc3b98b6bef646c 6.2/en/os/alpha/netscape-communicator-4.77-0.6.2.alpha.rpm
    304df2ab2e6f052a0e6bb432dd6f0afe 6.2/en/os/alpha/netscape-navigator-4.77-0.6.2.alpha.rpm
    a2a5adb4500d667265a34fb99b59c37c 6.2/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.77-0.6.2.i386.rpm
    9f439fa9e54ea82b37c1a3aa7c49d032 6.2/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.77-0.6.2.i386.rpm
    b0970903ea25f2fe73c8d66afb9218cb 6.2/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.77-0.6.2.i386.rpm
    400709093733a7ccf90da78d179daeb1 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.77-1.src.rpm
    29b80daa27fdad309a68f8101830e863 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-alpha-4.77-1.src.rpm
    a0fbb89d2dfb86c432f1d190e38981f3 7.0/en/os/alpha/netscape-common-4.77-1.alpha.rpm
    05859fefa5d8cd3b02d2c768b614490b 7.0/en/os/alpha/netscape-communicator-4.77-1.alpha.rpm
    d0681b896b1fee8d5f1783274f4b1f64 7.0/en/os/alpha/netscape-navigator-4.77-1.alpha.rpm
    4bb1bcc4c439531019bcab78cd953f59 7.0/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.77-1.i386.rpm
    7d6948941a20599b302bc0bc4f1c0999 7.0/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.77-1.i386.rpm
    7d570955357ad6b8fbb9d9fd4913d5cf 7.0/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.77-1.i386.rpm

    These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key
    is available at:
        http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html

    You can verify each package with the following command:
        rpm --checksig <filename>

    If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
    tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
        rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename>

    8. References:

    http://securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Flist%3D1%26fromthread%3D0%26threads%3D0%26end%3D2001-04-14%26mid%3D175060%26start%3D2001-04-08%26

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