Treo 700p and 680 Security Patch Released

Palm has released a security update for the Treo 700p and Treo 680 that closes a hole in the Palm OS 5 operating system that could allow limited information to be obtained from a Treo that has been locked with the Palm OS Security application.

According to Palm website,

"When the Treo [700p|680] smartphone password protection is enabled, the password protection can be partially circumvented by running the Find feature while on the "Make Emergency Call" screen. This would allow a malicious user to view a list of search results from the Treo [700p's|680's] built-in applications such as Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Memos and Email. The malicious user cannot access or display anything beyond the search results list. An update is now available to address this."

Update for Treo 700p users...

Update for Treo 680 users...