5.0Medium
Netcplus Browsegate
CVE-2000-0908
BrowseGate 2.80 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long Authorization or Referer MIME headers in the HTTP request.
What this means for your business
- It affects Netcplus Browsegate. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Netcplus Browsegate, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2000-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-23
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Netcplus Browsegate2.80
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q3/0128.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96956211605302&w=2
- http://www.netcplus.com/browsegate.htm#BGLatest
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1702
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5270
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q3/0128.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96956211605302&w=2
- http://www.netcplus.com/browsegate.htm#BGLatest
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1702
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5270