bugtraq - Re: Denial Of Service in Internet Explorer for MS Windows Mobile 5.0

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Message-ID: <45D164CD.3020000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:12:13 +0100
From: Nicolas RUFF <nicolas.ruff@...il.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Denial Of Service in Internet Explorer for MS Windows Mobile
 5.0

> 1). 90 days is plenty of time to fix a vulnerability, and in this case
> the author is merely stating the details of which will be revealed after
> 90 days. I doubt this will lead to any mass exploitation as I imagine
> you will need to go to a "specially crafted" website to exploit this DoS
> condition anyway.   "... should the device browser access a WML page
> with malformed content..."

In the case of embedded devices, I think bugfix is not a matter of time.

Even if the hardware vendor is willing to build a new, bugfixed ROM for
a device that is outdated within 3 monthes of its release, nobody is
ever going to reflash his iPaq/SmartPhone/whatever, apart from a couple
of geeks who are willing to loose their data and reinstall all their
applications.

The hotfix is "buy a new one".

Regards,
- Nicolas RUFF