Red Hat Linux Advisory: netscape

Red Hat Security Advisory

1. Topic:

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

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.1 – i386
Red Hat Linux 7.2 – i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.3 – i386

3. Problem description:

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
CAN-2002-1467.

It is recommended that all Netscape Communicator and Netscape
Navigator users upgrade to these errata 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 directory 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):

62052 – Does the netscape libflashplugin.so use an insecure zlib
??
65862 – A problem for the zh_CN.GB2312 locale
71341 – Lots of security holes in flash plugin

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm

i386:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm

i386:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ia64:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm

i386:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name

032703508f7b88f76ccf165d25205c16
7.1/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm
bca8e4fb892620446b5a01d90497af76
7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm
593114a82c9328cf460ee51f0f9f3f88
7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm
15e44faf340c72c07b80d871fef18c37
7.1/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm
032703508f7b88f76ccf165d25205c16
7.2/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm
bca8e4fb892620446b5a01d90497af76
7.2/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm
593114a82c9328cf460ee51f0f9f3f88
7.2/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm
15e44faf340c72c07b80d871fef18c37
7.2/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm
bca8e4fb892620446b5a01d90497af76
7.2/en/os/ia64/netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm
593114a82c9328cf460ee51f0f9f3f88
7.2/en/os/ia64/netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm
15e44faf340c72c07b80d871fef18c37
7.2/en/os/ia64/netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm
032703508f7b88f76ccf165d25205c16
7.3/en/os/SRPMS/netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm
bca8e4fb892620446b5a01d90497af76
7.3/en/os/i386/netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm
593114a82c9328cf460ee51f0f9f3f88
7.3/en/os/i386/netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm
15e44faf340c72c07b80d871fef18c37
7.3/en/os/i386/netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key
is available from http://www.redhat.com/security/keys.html

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm –checksig -v <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:

md5sum <filename>

8. References:

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/#linux

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0846

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1467

9. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <[email protected]>. More
contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html

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