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By Richard Shim
Posted on ZDNet News: Apr 27, 2005 1:14:00 AM

An unpatched flaw in some versions of the Netscape browser 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.

A Netscape representative recommended on Wednesday that people upgrade to version 8.0 of the software, which is based on Firefox code and should not be affected by the flaw.

Secunia's advice for dealing with the issue is to "use another product."

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"Use another product" - no way!  mad.mutt | 04/27/05
Netscape  PA-ITGuy | 04/27/05
Maybe so...  Anton Philidor | 04/27/05
Netscape is usually a ways behind  tic swayback | 04/27/05
Netscape 8.0  rcooper | 04/27/05
When was it realeased?  tic swayback | 04/27/05
It's beta  IT_User | 04/27/05
You're correct  PA-ITGuy | 04/27/05
See, may eyes do product more results  FilledOut | 04/27/05
launch a buffer overflow attack?  pz0r56 | 04/27/05
Netscape 'Highly critical' flaw  rcooper | 04/27/05
If you use Netscape, why use spybot and adaware  Taz_z | 04/27/05
was gonna say the same  Jeff Spicoli | 04/27/05
Moats and Firewalls  icemaker@... | 04/30/05
It IS HUGE NEWS.. a vulnerability in Netscape!  michael-t | 04/27/05
Oh yeah, it's been fixed . . .  CobraA1 | 04/27/05

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