Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:16:36 -0700 From: debian-security-announce@LISTS.DEBIAN.ORG Reply-To: security@debian.org To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Subject: [SECURITY] New version of Netscape Communicator/Navigator released ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Stone September 1, 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package: netscape (communicator, navigator) Vulnerability: remote exploit Debian-specific: no Existing Netscape Communicator/Navigator packages contain the following vulnerabilities: 1. Netscape Communicator JPEG-Comment Heap Overwrite Vulnerability - executes arbitrary code in the comment field of a JPEG image - Netscape Communicator/Navigator versions 4.0 through 4.73 are vulnerable 2. Multiple Vendor Java Virtual Machine Listening Socket Vulnerability 3. Netscape Communicator URL Read Vulnerability - items 2 and 3 together are known as the "Brown Orifice" vulnerability - can be exploited to expose the contents of your computer to anyone on the Internet, allowing to read files visible to the user running the browser - Netscape Communicator/Navigator versions 4.0 through 4.74 are vulnerable Netscape Communicator/Navigator is not a part of the Debian distribution, but packages are available for the convenience of our users. We recommend that users who choose to run Netscape Communicator/Navigator upgrade to version 4.75. New packages are available in source form and for Intel ia32 machines running Debian 2.2 (potato). Note that the new packages will not remove your existing Communicator/Navigator packages; you should manually remove any older installed versions of Communicator/Navigator. (More detailed instructions for installing and removing these packages is available in the web version of this report, at http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000901) wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/source/netscape4.5_4.75-1potato1.diff.gz MD5 checksum: 99ab453006b123ade6b62d508052e8aa http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/source/netscape4.75_4.75-1potato1.dsc MD5 checksum: b6c8220d540580c62302e51bd310273c http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/source/netscape4.75_4.75.orig.tar.gz MD5 checksum: 291d418188dd0d859c842b8e511f40dd http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/source/netscape4.base_4.75-1.dsc MD5 checksum: 834ccd2acc61052bf9b01f58c5adb767 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/source/netscape4.base_4.75-1.tar.gz MD5 checksum: c9f71e888d9ce42d7317a7a8255a25f4 Intel ia32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/communicator-base-475_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 401b63408d1477978fe16a855b9b2a14 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/communicator-nethelp-475_4.75-1potato1_all.deb MD5 checksum: 763d8c075f0200d77ce1ad91af3d4c27 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/communicator-smotif-475-libc5_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: d255e35d8365486b28a6e5c02bdf7e80 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/communicator-smotif-475_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: a8b595e4ba544861109e91cf2f494d67 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/communicator-spellchk-475_4.75-1potato1_all.deb MD5 checksum: 2c42207d48399b1d9ea757a1ee677414 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/communicator_4.75-1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 3b67100464ed0aa6a22bef337c14798f http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/navigator-base-475_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: f4ed466d94b761b3a5f252c859c1c38d http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/navigator-nethelp-475_4.75-1potato1_all.deb MD5 checksum: 3e671e3bd853557df55915a395f57d39 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/navigator-smotif-475-libc5_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: d46984adbf2703f26a5bbd1cff912967 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/navigator-smotif-475_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 3e7de9bb9c0c8c73519c3b7149de6af4 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/navigator_4.75-1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: a4f735e76fb26bc46a99edb557e41d43 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-base-4-libc5_4.75-1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: be2014f7b47913fc2d40dd3a2f7dc60f http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-base-475_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 4cae30606eb234d79c0469ad3e430ece http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-base-4_4.75-1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: e594f5e58bfab22b5c4333d6e648b8bc http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-ja-resource-475_4.75-1potato1_all.deb MD5 checksum: 2f5aadfe24499b6ed79d7c1810aedb70 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-java-475_4.75-1potato1_all.deb MD5 checksum: 2b1d1abed84ac00eef02de530ad95028 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-ko-resource-475_4.75-1potato1_all.deb MD5 checksum: b2335dabae4430a69773ba22b3d5100c http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-smotif-475-libc5_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 2397e4c0d8e556ea457b0095ad102d96 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-smotif-475_4.75-1potato1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 45f1df641dc6869f880ee32abc1c8eb2 http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/non-free/binary-i386/netscape-zh-resource-475_4.75-1potato1_all.deb MD5 checksum: 5cb68c9bf8a895488c4a75145c48c915 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-announce-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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