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TITLE:
Apple iPhone SMS Message Decoding Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36070

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apple iPhone, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the
decoding of SMS messages and can potentially be exploited to execute
arbitrary code when a specially crafted SMS message is received.

The vulnerability is reported in iPhone OS in versions prior to
3.0.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.0.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators,
and Collin Mulliner of Technical University Berlin.

CHANGELOG:
2009-08-03: Added link to "Original Advisory" section.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Apple:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3754

Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner:
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MILLER/BHUSA09-Miller-FuzzingPhone-PAPER.pdf

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