Blackberry Security Hole
There’s another security warning out related to specially crafted image files. This time it’s targetted at the blackberry, which is a small portable email/pda device. Basically a corrupted TIFF may lead the user to be unable to view other image attachments. The US-CERT advisory seems to indicate that remote code execution could be possible, although there is no comment to this issue from the makers, Research in Motion.
The suggestion from Research in Motion (RIM in the quote) (via the Security Fix) is…
RIM doesn’t say when it plans to have a fix available, but for now it is urging companies who use the service to reconfigure any machine serving as an internal BlackBerry Internet Server to filter TIFF images or disable the file-attachment capability altogether.
Popularity: 1% [?]
Related Posts - How to Remove Antivirus System Pro | Antivirus System Pro Removal Guide Last week I had the opportunity to remove Antivirus System Pro from not one, but two machines. Given that I was seeing it a bit more frequently I thought it might be a new rogue antivirus application, but I quickly found out that it's been out at least since June......
- Sony discs to be recalled It looks as though the uninstaller as claimed last night, does have more serious implications than the original rootkit, in Sony's continuing DRM nightmare. Basically, the uninstaller will allow any web page to run arbitrary code and or remotely control your pc. Which is sort of the holy grail of......
- A couple warnings related to fake security sites Sunbelt has this warning about yet another fake security site. This one is laid out a bit different than the others we've seen in recent days. It's not quite the same spoof of the Windows Security Center, but it makes use of Microsoft's security logo. (And it does say Security......
Related Websites - Canon 1D Mark IV Do you want a Canon 1D Mark IV? Well me too! With its stylish looks and high-tech features, who doesn't want one. Well, we can't get it now but according to reports, this gadget is set to be released this December. Now, how does this baby compare to other......
- Spain Stamps Stamps -> Europe -> Spain & Colonies When looking for old Spain stamps, online auctions like eBay are a great place to search. Often, auctions are in lots so you get several stamps to add to your collection, often from many different countries and time periods. Some stamps can also......
- Network Marketing Online - What The Others Aren't Telling You The Allure Of Network Marketing Online Image via Wikipedia I use to be one of those people that thought that words like network marketing, mlm, matrix, forced spillover, binary compensation where all bad words. I figured that all these types businesses are scams where only the people at the top......
Similar Posts
- Blackberry vulnerability to be released soon
- Blackberry Outage – Blackberry Internet Service spotty today
- Converting pdf to tif (tiff) images
- WMF 0-day update
- Blackberry Desktop Manager Syncing Calendar to Outlook 2000