On 5 Mar 2003, Christian "cycloon" Gut wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 02:06, subj subj wrote: > > > There is a local and remote vulnerability and > > Siemens *35 and *45 series phones. > > > > A message of the form "%String", where String is on of the > > languages from the phone language selection menu, will > > completely disable *35 series phones and result > > in a 2 minute read delay on *45 series phones. Note that > > the first letter of language should be capitalized and > > the quotation marks should be present in the message. > > i have to add the S55 to the list here. > I sent a message as described to my friend and then read it im my "Sent" > folder => 2 min delay. no chance to abort. so a real DoS. > C55 is vulnerable as well, however it doesn't DoS - the phone hangs while reading SMS in ordinary way but at any time you may exit from "Please wait" screen by pressing "disconnect" key for a while. Only method to read the sms is to Edit it insted of View. SMS sent via www sms gateway _does_ "DoS". Regards, L.
