CVE-2000-0676 Information

Description

Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.04 through 4.74 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using a Java applet to open a connection to a URL using the \file\ \http\ \https\ and \ftp\ protocols as demonstrated by Brown Orifice.

Reference

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:39.netscape.asc http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0019.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0115.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0236.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0265.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-027.1.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-15.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_60.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-054.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1546