CVE-2013-6674
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 17.x through 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x through 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message containing a data: URL in an IFRAME element, a related issue to CVE-2014-2018.
Find out more about CVE-2013-6674 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue was resolved in the version of thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 via RHSA-2013:1823.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| 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-2013:1823 | 2013-12-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1823 | 2013-12-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1823 | 2013-12-11 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Fabián Cuchietti and Ateeq ur Rehman Khan as the original reporter.External References
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