Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.17 do not ensure the correctness of the address bar during history navigation, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or phishing attacks by leveraging control over navigation timing.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-0793 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:0697 | 2013-04-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:0697 | 2013-04-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:0696 | 2013-04-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:0696 | 2013-04-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:0697 | 2013-04-02 |
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