New netscape packages available (Red Hat Linux 7.1 added)

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.

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.

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.

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0596
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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