CVE-2013-1701
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in 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 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| 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 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jeff Gilbert and Henrik Skupin as the original reporter.External References
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