Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 do not properly handle the interaction between FRAME elements and history, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving spoofing a relative location in a previously visited document.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-1709 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 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1142 | 2013-08-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:1140 | 2013-08-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1142 | 2013-08-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1142 | 2013-08-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:1140 | 2013-08-07 |
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