Summary
This host is installed with Netscape browser and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to cause a denial of service by exhausting memory.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
Error occurs while calling the 'select()' method with a large integer that results in continuous allocation of x+n bytes of memory exhausting memory after a while.
Affected
Netscape version 6 and 8 on Linux
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1692, CVE-2009-2542 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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