From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Jan 06 2009 - 11:24:05 CST

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TITLE:
Nokia Phones SMS Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33359

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33359/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Nokia E90 Communicator
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19857/
Nokia E61 Phone
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12437/
Nokia E71 Phone
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20930/
Nokia N73 Phone
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20931/
Nokia 6120 classic Phone
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20932/

DESCRIPTION:
Tobias Engel has reported a vulnerability in various Nokia phones,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of SMS
messages. This can be exploited to prevent a phone from receiving
further text messages by sending messages starting with a specially
crafted email address to an affected device.

The vulnerability is reported in the following devices:
* E61
* E90
* E71
* N73
* 6120 classic

NOTE: Reportedly, other Nokia phones based on S60 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 and
3.1 are also affected.

SOLUTION:
Secunia is currently not aware of a solution.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tobias Engel

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Tobias Engel:
https://berlin.ccc.de/~tobias/cos/s60-curse-of-silence-advisory.txt

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