CVEvulnerability
CVE-2000-0517
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2000-05-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• netscape communicator 4.0
• netscape communicator 4.5
• netscape communicator 4.6
• netscape communicator 4.7
• netscape communicator 4.51
• netscape communicator 4.61
• netscape communicator 4.72
• netscape communicator 4.73
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-356 Missing User Interaction for Potentially Unsafe Action weakness
References
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-08.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1260 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4550 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-08.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1260 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4550 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com