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title: "CVE-2013-1709\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1709

Publication date 6 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.04 raring | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.04 raring | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1709)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1709)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1709)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1709)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1925-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1925-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 7 August 2013

+ [USN-1924-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1924-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 6 August 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-68.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1709>