Lookout Mobile Security contains a denial-of-service vulnerability

Overview

Lookout Mobile Security version 8.14.1-7fe5f1, and possibly earlier versions, contains a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Description

Lookout Mobile Security (version 8.14.1-7fe5f1) crashes if an intent is sent to com.lookout.security.ScanTell with no arguments.

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Impact

A malicious application installed on the phone may be able to disable the Lookout Mobile Security software.

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Solution

Apply an Update

Lookout Mobile Security version 8.17-8a39d3f has been released to address this vulnerability.

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Vendor Information

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Lookout Affected

Notified: June 11, 2013 Updated: June 27, 2013

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

CVSS Metrics

Group	Score	Vector
Base	3.8	AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Temporal	3	E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Environmental	2.3	CDP:ND/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout&gt;

Acknowledgements

Thanks to china.x.orion for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Adam Rauf.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2013-3579
Date Public:	2013-06-27 Date First Published: