Symbian S60 Malformed SMS/MMS Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	33072
Class:	Unknown
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 30 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 05 2009 09:32PM
Credit:	Tobias Engel
Vulnerable:	Symbian S60 0 Sony Ericsson UiQ 0 Nokia Series 60 3.1 Nokia Series 60 3.0 Nokia Series 60 2.8 Nokia Series 60 2.6
Not Vulnerable:

Symbian S60 Malformed SMS/MMS Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Symbian S60 is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to prevent users from sending or receiving SMS or MMS messages.

This issue affects handsets using Symbian S60.

Symbian S60 Malformed SMS/MMS Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can use a mobile phone to exploit this vulnerability.

The following example message is available:

"[email protected] "

Symbian S60 Malformed SMS/MMS Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Symbian S60 Malformed SMS/MMS Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Nokia Homepage (Nokia)
  
• Remote SMS/MMS Denial of Service for Nokia S60 phones (Tobias Engel)
  
• Security Nightmares 2009 (25th Chaos Communication Congress )
  
• Symbian Homepage (Symbian)