Palm Releases Fix for Treo Security Flaw

Palm has released a security update for the Treo 650, 680, and 700p Palm OS based smartphones to fix a vulnerability in each respective device's Find application. The vulnerability allows the password protection feature of the handsets to be circumvented by running the Find application from the 'Make Emergency Calls' screen, allowing a malicious user to see search results from the built in Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Memos, and Email applications. The user will not be able to move past the search results screen, however.

The security update is available by visiting the Palm support website and selecting your handset model. The patch comes as a regular Palm '.prc' file that needs to be installed and run on the affected devices.