Nokia S60 SMS denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Nokia S60. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SMS Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to swap out the affected component for an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Nokia S60 (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component SMS Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was released 01/06/2009 by Tobias Engel (Website). The advisory is shared at berlin.ccc.de. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Tobias Engel and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (7632), SecurityFocus (BID 33072†), OSVDB (51147†) and Secunia (SA33359†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Nokia

Name

• S60

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.nokia.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Tobias Engel
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Alternative
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Timelineinfo

12/30/2008 🔍
12/30/2008 +0 days 🔍
01/01/2009 +2 days 🔍
01/06/2009 +5 days 🔍
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01/19/2009 +12 days 🔍
04/24/2018 +3382 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nokia.com

Advisory: berlin.ccc.de
Researcher: Tobias Engel
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3901
SecurityFocus: 33072
Secunia: 33359 - Nokia Phones SMS Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 51147 - Nokia Phones Crafted SMS Message Remote DoS (Curse of Silence)

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2009 15:10
Updated: 04/24/2018 08:39
Changes: 01/19/2009 15:10 (59), 04/24/2018 08:39 (3)
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Committer: stfr
Cache ID: 216::103

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