BlackBerry Enterprise Server Attachment Service Microsoft Word file buffer overflow
| blackberry-attachment-word-bo (24629) |  High Risk |
Description:
The RIM BlackBerry Attachment Service component of BlackBerry Enterprise Server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper handling of malformed Microsoft Word documents. By creating a malicious Word document, and sending it to a BlackBerry handheld device user as an email attachment, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the BlackBerry Attachment Service to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 2.2 SP4
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 2.2
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 2.2 SP2
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 2.2 SP2A
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 2.2 SP3A
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 2.2 SP4 Hotfix2
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 3.6
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 3.6 SP1A
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 3.6 SP4 Hotfix2
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 3.6.1
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0
- RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
Remedy:
Refer to BlackBerry Support Knowledge Base Article KB-04791 for upgrade information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Blackberry Support Knowledge Base Article KB-04791, Support - Corrupt Word file may cause buffer overflow in the BlackBerry Attachment Service at http://www.blackberry.com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/8021/8149/8052/Support_-_Corrupt_Word_file_may_cause_buffer_overflow_in_the_BlackBerry_Attachment_Service.html?nodeid=1181753&vernum=2.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Feb 10 2006 - 23:34:10 CST, Corrupt Word file may cause buffer overflow in the Blackberry Attachment Service at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0160.html.
- BID-16590: BlackBerry Enterprise Server Malformed Word Attachment Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0761: Buffer overflow in BlackBerry Attachment Service in Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server 2.2 and 4.0 before SP3 Hotfix 4 for IBM Lotus Domino, 3.6 before SP7 and 5.0 before SP3 Hotfix 3 for Microsoft Exchangem, and 4.0 for Novell GroupWise before SP3 Hotfix 1 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server via a crafted Microsoft Word document that is opened on a wireless device.
- US-CERT VU#520718: BlackBerry Enterprise Server fails to properly handle Microsoft Word attachments
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0530: BlackBerry Enterprise Server Word Document Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Reported:
Feb 10, 2006
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