Red Hat: Security vulnerabilities in Netscape Navigator and Communicator | Linux Today

Red Hat: Security vulnerabilities in Netscape Navigator and Communicator

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 17, 1998

Bill Nottingham
writes:

Various security vulnerabilities have been found in versions
of Netscape Navigator and Communicator as shipped with
Red Hat Linux. More information on the security vulnerabilities
is available at:
http://home.netscape.com/products/security/resources/notes.html

Netscape Navigator and Communicator are currently only available
on the Intel platform.

It is recommended that users of Red Hat Linux upgrade to the
new packages available on our FTP site:

* Red Hat Linux 5.2:
--------------------
i386:
----
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.2/i386/netscape-common-4.08-1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.2/i386/netscape-communicator-4.08-1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.2/i386/netscape-navigator-4.08-1.i386.rpm

* Red Hat Linux 5.1:
--------------------
i386:
----
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.1/i386/netscape-common-4.08-1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.1/i386/netscape-communicator-4.08-1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.1/i386/netscape-navigator-4.08-1.i386.rpm

* Red Hat Linux 5.0:
--------------------
i386:
----
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.0/i386/netscape-common-4.08-1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.0/i386/netscape-communicator-4.08-1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/5.0/i386/netscape-navigator-4.08-1.i386.rpm

These packages have been PGP signed by Red Hat.

Bill
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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