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Subject:    [RHSA-2001:046-05] New netscape packages available (Red Hat Linux 7.1 added)
From:       redhat-announce-list-admin () redhat ! com
Date:       2001-04-16 18:27:00
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                   Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          New netscape packages available (Red Hat Linux 7.1 added)
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2001:046-05
Issue date:        2001-04-09
Updated on:        2001-04-16
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.

2001-04-16: netscape-4.77-1 packages are now available for Red Hat Linux
            7.1 for Intel.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386

Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386

Red Hat Linux 7.1 - 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

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.77-1.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.77-1.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.77-1.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/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 \
400709093733a7ccf90da78d179daeb1 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.77-1.src.rpm \
4bb1bcc4c439531019bcab78cd953f59 7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.77-1.i386.rpm \
7d6948941a20599b302bc0bc4f1c0999 7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.77-1.i386.rpm \
7d570955357ad6b8fbb9d9fd4913d5cf 7.1/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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