CVE-2000-0517

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Netscape 4.73 and earlier does not properly warn users about a potentially invalid certificate if the user has previously accepted the certificate for a different web site, which could allow remote attackers to spoof a legitimate web site by compromising that site's DNS information.

Netscape 4.73 and earlier does not properly warn users about a potentially invalid certificate if the user has previously accepted the certificate for a different web site, which could allow remote attackers to spoof a legitimate web site by compromising that site's DNS information.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Netscape Communicator

First reported 24 years ago

2000-05-26 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Netscape Communicator 4.0

4.0

Netscape Communicator 4.5

4.5

Netscape Communicator 4.6

4.6

Netscape Communicator 4.7

4.7

Netscape Communicator 4.51

4.51

Netscape Communicator 4.61

4.61

Netscape Communicator 4.72

4.72

Netscape Communicator 4.73

4.73

References

CA-2000-08

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

1260

Patch, Vendor Advisory

netscape-ssl-certificate(4550)

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