Netscape HTML buffer overflow fixed (Security patch)
18 Nov. 2000
Summary
A buffer overflow problem exists in Netscape's HTML parsing code. By using special exploit code, a remote website could cause arbitrary code to be run on the local machine of a visiting user.
Redhat has now released a patch for this vulnerability.
Credit:
The information has been provided by RedHat Bugzilla.
Vulnerable systems:
Red Hat Linux 6.0 - i386, Alpha, Sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.1 - i386, Alpha, Sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386, Alpha, Sparc
Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386
Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: