Another Netscape Bug (and possible security hole)

Jeff Weinstein jsw at neon.netscape.com
Wed Sep 27 22:49:54 PDT 1995


In article <9508278122.AA812233405 at ax.asc-yf.wpafb.af.mil>, donlonm at ccmail.mcclellan.af.mil writes:
> Ray,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >I've found a Netscape bug which I suspect is a buffer overflow and 
> >may have the potential for serious damage. If it is an overflow bug, 
> >then it may be possible to infect every computer which accesses a web 
> >page with Netscape. 
> 
> Is there any way to avoid/prevent this problem by changing options in 
> NetScape?

  Just get the fixed version, or a patch from:

ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape/

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw at netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.






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