>From Bugtraq: | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory | | Synopsis: New Netscape packages available | Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:109-05 | Issue date: 2000-11-17 | Updated on: 2000-11-27 | Product: Red Hat Linux | Keywords: netscape HTML buffer overflow | Cross references: N/A | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1. Topic: | | New Netscape packages are available that fix a buffer overflow | in parsing HTML. | | It is recommended that all Netscape users update to the fixed | packages. | | [...] | | 3. Problem description: | | A buffer overflow exists in Netscape's HTML parsing code. By | using specially designed code, a remote website could cause | arbitrary code to be run on the local machine. Now there is a hole. Gives a hole new meaning to "dynamic html". David