Netscape Communicator long URL argument buffer overflow
| netscape-long-argument-bo (7884) |  High Risk |
Description:
Netscape Communicator is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by a buffer overflow in the handling of long arguments. By creating a specially-crafted URL containing an overly long argument to an .asp, .cgi, .html, or .pl file and hosting it on a Web page or sending it within an email message, a remote attacker can overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash or execute arbitrary commands on the victim's system, once the URL link is clicked.
Platforms Affected:
- Netscape, Communicator 4.7
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 22, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat, 27 Nov 1999 15:28:19 -0500, Netscape Communicator 4.7 - Navigator Overflows at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1999-q4/0128.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:15:36 -0500, Netscape Communicator 4.7 - Navigator Overflows at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1999-q4/0106.html.
- BID-822: Netscape Communicator Long Argument Vulnerability
- CVE-1999-1189: Buffer overflow in Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.7 for Windows 95 and Windows 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long argument after the ? character in a URL that references an .asp, .cgi, .html, or .pl file.
Reported:
Nov 24, 1999
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