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patches for easier mirroring, to eliminate a special copy, to make www.freebsd.org/security a full copy of security.freebsd.org and be eventually be the same. For now files are just sitting there. The symlinks are missing. Discussed on: www (repository location) Discussed with: simon (so)
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FreeBSD-SA-00:66 Security Advisory
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FreeBSD, Inc.
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Topic: Client vulnerability in Netscape
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Category: ports
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Module: netscape
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Announced: 2000-11-06
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Credits: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@DIONE.IDS.PL>
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Affects: Ports collection prior to the correction date.
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Corrected: 2000-10-29
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Vendor status: Updated version released
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FreeBSD only: NO
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I. Background
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Netscape is a popular web browser, available in several versions in
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the FreeBSD ports collection.
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II. Problem Description
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Versions of netscape prior to 4.76 allow a client-side exploit through
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a buffer overflow in html code. A malicious website operator can cause
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arbitrary code to be executed by the user running the netscape client.
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The netscape ports are not installed by default, nor are they "part of
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FreeBSD" as such: they are part of the FreeBSD ports collection, which
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contains over 4100 third-party applications in a ready-to-install
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format. The ports collections shipped with FreeBSD 3.5.1 and 4.1.1 are
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vulnerable to this problem since it was discovered after the release,
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but it was corrected prior to the release of FreeBSD 4.2.
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FreeBSD makes no claim about the security of these third-party
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applications, although an effort is underway to provide a security
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audit of the most security-critical ports.
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III. Impact
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Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on the local system by
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convincing users to visit a malicious website.
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If you have not chosen to install the netscape port/package, then your
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system is not vulnerable to this problem.
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IV. Workaround
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Deinstall the netscape port/package, if you you have installed it.
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V. Solution
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One of the following:
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1) Upgrade your entire ports collection and rebuild the relevant
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netscape port.
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2) Deinstall the old package and install a new package dated after the
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correction date, obtained from the following directories:
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/www/
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/www/
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-4-stable/www/
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/www/
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-5-current/www/
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Since there are so many variations of the netscape ports in the
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FreeBSD ports collection they are not listed separately
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here. Localized versions are also available in the respective language
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subdirectory.
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3) download a new port skeleton for the netscape port from:
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http://www.freebsd.org/ports/
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and use it to rebuild the port.
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4) Use the portcheckout utility to automate option (3) above. The
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portcheckout port is available in /usr/ports/devel/portcheckout or the
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package can be obtained from:
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-4-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-5-current/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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