BlackBerry Products PDF Distiller Unspecified Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA37562

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DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry Attachment Service component. These can be exploited to cause a memory corruption when a specially crafted PDF file is opened for viewing on a BlackBerry smartphone.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 5.0.0, BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.1 Service Pack 3 (4.1.3) through 4.1 Service Pack 7 (4.1.7), and BlackBerry Professional Software 4.1 Service Pack 4 (4.1.4).

SOLUTION: Update to the latest version or apply the Interim Security Update.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 5.0 for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino: Update to version 5.0.1. or later, or apply Interim Security Update 3 for BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 5.0.0. http://www.blackberry.com/go/serverdownloads

BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.1.7 for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino: Apply Interim Security Update 1 for BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.1.7. http://www.blackberry.com/go/serverdownloads

BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.1.6 for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino: Update to BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 4.1.6 MR8 or later. http://www.blackberry.com/go/serverdownloads

BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.1.6 for Novell GroupWise: Update to BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 4.1.6 MR6 or later. http://www.blackberry.com/go/serverdownloads

BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.1.4: Update to BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 4.1.6 MR8 or later, or apply Interim Security Update 5 for BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.1.4. http://www.blackberry.com/go/serverdownloads

BlackBerry Professional Software: Apply Interim Security Update 5 for affected BlackBerry Professional Software versions. http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads/#tab_professional

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB19860

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