CVE-1999-1002 Weak cryptography in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1002 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-1999-1002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1002 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1002/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1002/index.md)
Netscape Navigator uses weak encryption for storing mail passwords, allowing attackers to potentially recover user credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1002?
CVE-1999-1002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Netscape Navigator uses weak encryption for storing a user's Netscape mail password.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1002?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netscape Communicator.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1002?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1002 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1002 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1002 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2002-2248 Buffer overflow in the sun.awt.windows.WDefaultFontCharset Java class implementation in Netscape 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbi
- CVE-1999-1189 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2001-0596 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-1999-1357 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2000-1187 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wf2x-w2q8-7723.