RHEL 2.1 : netscape (RHSA-2003:027)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12355

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated Netscape 4.8 packages fixing various bugs and vulnerabilities are now available.

Netscape is a suite of Internet utilities including a Web browser, email client, and Usenet news reader.

Netscape version 4.8 contains various bugfixes and updates.

Note that Macromedia Flash is no longer included as of this update.
The recommended Macromedia Flash with security fixes no longer supports Netscape 4.x. The security issues that affected the Macromedia Flash player include CVE-2002-0846 and CVE-2002-1467.

It is recommended that all Netscape Communicator and Netscape Navigator users upgrade to these errata packages.

Solution

Update the affected netscape-common, netscape-communicator and / or netscape-navigator packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-0846

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-1467

https://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/#linux

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:027

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12355

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-027.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netscape-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netscape-communicator, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netscape-navigator, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0846, CVE-2002-1467

RHSA: 2003:027