rhsa-2004_429
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2004-08-18 15:19
Modified
2024-11-21 23:08
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Netscape security update

Notes

Topic
Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator 4.8 as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 contain security flaws and should not be used.
Details
Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator have been removed from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 CD-ROM distribution as part of Update 5. These packages were based on Netscape 4.8, which is known to be vulnerable to recent critical security issues, such as CAN-2004-0597, CAN-2004-0598, and CAN-2004-0599. Netscape 7.2 contains fixes for these issues and is available from http://www.netscape.com/. Netscape 4.8 packages will also remain available via Red Hat Network for those who choose to use them despite their known security vulnerabilities. Users of Netscape 4.8 are advised to switch to Mozilla, which is included and supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and offers comparable functionality.
Terms of Use
This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.


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