netscape security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2003:027-09
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Important
Issued on:	2003-07-09
Last updated on:	2003-07-09
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
OVAL:	N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2002-0846 CVE-2002-1467

Details

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 CAN-2002-1467.

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

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. 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.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm	`032703508f7b88f76ccf165d25205c16`

IA-32:
netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`bca8e4fb892620446b5a01d90497af76`
netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`593114a82c9328cf460ee51f0f9f3f88`
netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`15e44faf340c72c07b80d871fef18c37`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm	`032703508f7b88f76ccf165d25205c16`

IA-32:
netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`bca8e4fb892620446b5a01d90497af76`
netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`593114a82c9328cf460ee51f0f9f3f88`
netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`15e44faf340c72c07b80d871fef18c37`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
netscape-4.8-1.src.rpm	`032703508f7b88f76ccf165d25205c16`

IA-32:
netscape-common-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`bca8e4fb892620446b5a01d90497af76`
netscape-communicator-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`593114a82c9328cf460ee51f0f9f3f88`
netscape-navigator-4.8-1.i386.rpm	`15e44faf340c72c07b80d871fef18c37`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

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

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0846
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1467
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/#linux

Keywords

flash, netscape, shockwave

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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

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