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CVE-2013-0759

Improper Authentication

Published: Jan 13, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0759
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allow remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving authentication information in the userinfo field of a URL, in conjunction with a 204 (aka No Content) HTTP status code.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*18.0 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla10.0 (including)10.0.12 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla17.0 (including)17.0.2 (excluding)
SeamonkeyMozilla*2.15 (excluding)
ThunderbirdMozilla*17.0.2 (excluding)
Thunderbird_esrMozilla10.0 (including)10.0.12 (excluding)
Thunderbird_esrMozilla17.0 (including)17.0.2 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.12-3.el5_9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.12-1.el5_9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.12-1.el5_9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.12-1.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.12-1.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.12-3.el6_3*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntuoneiric*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntuquantal*
FirefoxUbunturaring*
FirefoxUbuntusaucy*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
SeamonkeyUbuntuhardy*
SeamonkeyUbuntulucid*
SeamonkeyUbuntuoneiric*
SeamonkeyUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhardy*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntuoneiric*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntuquantal*
ThunderbirdUbunturaring*
ThunderbirdUbuntusaucy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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