TITLE:
Netscape Exception Handling Full Path Disclosure Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20255

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20255/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Netscape 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/5134/
Netscape 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/85/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been discovered in Netscape, which can be exploited by
malicious people to disclose system information.

For more information:
SA20244

The weakness has been confirmed in versions 7.2 and 8.1. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Disable JavaScript support.

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20244:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20244/

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