48789 : Microsoft Windows Mobile Bluetooth Device Name Overflow DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-09-26

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-4295" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 on HTC Wiza 200 and HTC MDA 8125 devices does not properly handle the first attempt to establish a Bluetooth connection to a peer with a long name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) by configuring a Bluetooth device with a long hci name and (1) connecting directly to the Windows Mobile system or (2) waiting for the Windows Mobile system to scan for nearby devices.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Uncoordinated Disclosure

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.4
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-09-29 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_0 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_2

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