Thursday, April 28, 2005

Critical Netscape flaw

<A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5685688.html?tag=zdnn.alert">An unpatched flaw in some versions of the Netscape browser</A> could let an attacker into vulnerable systems, security company Secunia has warned. The vulnerability is "highly critical", according to an advisory released by the Danish company late Tuesday. Version 6.2.3 and 7.2 of Netscape are affected and other versions may also be susceptible, the company said. The flaw could allow a hacker to launch a buffer overflow attack, which could crash the browser or enable the attacker to execute code on the compromised system. A patch has not been created, according to Secunia.

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