Secunia Security Advisory - Townsend Ladd Harris has reported a vulnerability in Palm Pre WebOS, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Palm Pre WebOS URL Processing Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35960
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/35960/
DESCRIPTION:
Townsend Ladd Harris has reported a vulnerability in Palm Pre WebOS,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.
An unspecified error exists within the "LunaSysMgr" service when
handling URLs. This can be exploited to cause a memory corruption and
potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted URL.
This vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.3. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends to update to version 1.1.0.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Townsend Ladd Harris
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Palm:
https://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/50607_en.html#104
Townsend Ladd Harris:
https://tlhsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/07/palm-pre-web-os-103-overly-long-url.html
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