Oracle Critical Update CVE-2010-2632

Original Release Date: February 18, 2011
Last Revised: February 18, 2011
Number: ASA-2011-040
Risk Level: Low
Advisory Version: 1.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

New Critical Patch Updates or Security Alerts have been issued by Oracle. Specific updates or alerts pertaining to this advisory are described below. Additional information about this issue may be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts website. The Oracle Advisory covering content outlined in this Avaya Security Advisory may be found here.

CVE-2010-2632
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Products Suite (subcomponent: FTP Server). Supported versions that are affected are 8, 9, 10 and 11 Express. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows successful unauthenticated network attacks via FTP. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized Operating System hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS).
Component: Solaris
Subcomponent: FTP Server

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-2632 to this issue.

2. Avaya System Products using a Solaris Operating System:

Some Avaya system products are delivered with a Solaris Operating System. Actions to be taken on these products are described below.

Product: Affected Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya CMS R15, R16/R16.1/R16.2 Low Install patch 144053-04.

Recommended Actions:
Avaya strongly recommends that customers follow networking and security best practices by implementing firewalls, ACLs, physical security or other appropriate access restrictions. Though Avaya believes such restrictions should always be in place; risk to Avaya's product and the surrounding network from this potential vulnerability may be mitigated by ensuring these practices are implemented until such time as a product update is available or the recommended action is applied. Further restrictions as deemed necessary based on the customer's security policies may be required during this interim period.

Mitigating Factors:

When determining risk, Avaya takes into account many factors as outlined by Avaya's Security Vulnerability Classification Policy. The following table describes factors that mitigate the risk of specific vulnerabilities for affected Avaya products:

Vulnerability Mitigating Factors
CVE-2010-2632
This is a Low as FTP is disabled by default.

3. Additional Information:

Additional information may also be available via the Avaya support website and through your Avaya account representative. Please contact your Avaya product support representative, or dial 1-800-242-2121, with any questions.

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5. Revision History:

V 1.0 - February 18, 2011 - Initial Statement issued.

Send information regarding any discovered security problems with Avaya products to either the contact noted in the product's documentation or securityalerts@avaya.com.

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