National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0961

Overview

The Mail component in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 dismisses the call approval dialog when another alert appears, which might allow remote attackers to force the iPhone to place a call without user approval by causing an application to trigger an alert.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

External Source: XF

Name: iphone-ipod-mail-security-bypass(51210)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51210

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1621

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

External Source: BID

Name: 35414

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35414

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 55238

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/55238

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html