Security Vulnerability in the IP Implementation for Solaris 8 and 9 May Allow a Denial of Service (Sun 102866)

Original Release Date: April 18, 2007
Last Revised: November 1, 2007
Number: ASA-2007-165
Risk Level: High
Advisory Version: 5.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

A new Sun Alert Notification from Sun Microsystems has been issued and is described below. Issues which have been resolved by Sun Microsystems have been indicated as such. Notifications without a resolution may have restrictions to additional information on the sunsolve.sun.com website.

102866
Security Vulnerability in the IP Implementation for Solaris 8 and 9 May Allow a Denial of Service
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 12-Apr-2007
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102866-1

Avaya System Products using a Sun Microsystems Operating System:
Avaya system products include an Operating System with the product when it is delivered. Avaya Call Management System (CMS) and Avaya Interactive Response (IR) are both shipped with an operating system from Sun Microsystems. Actions to be taken on those products are described below.

Recommended Actions:
Follow the recommended actions for the products listed below. This advisory will be updated as additional information becomes available.

Product: Affected Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya CMS V9, V11, R12, R13/R13.1 and R14 High For V9 and V11 systems, install patch 116965-29 or subsequent.

For R12, R13/R13.1 and R 14 systems, install patch 114344-29 or subsequent.
Avaya IR 1.3 and 2.0 on Solaris 8 High Install patch 114344-29 or subsequent.

2. 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.

3. Disclaimer:

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4. Revision History:

V 1.0 - April 18, 2007 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - April 24, 2007 - Actions for CMS updated.
V 3.0 - September 14, 2007 - Removed the patches recommended in Recommended Actions for CMS and IR as Sun has withdrawn the patches to fix this issue due to problems with the patches.
V 4.0 - October 19, 2007 - Updated Recommended Actions for CMS and IR and set the Advisory Status to Final.
V 5.0 - November 1, 2007 - Updated Recommended Actions for CMS to include the correct patch information for V9 and V11.

Send information regarding any discovered security problems with Avaya products to either the contact noted in the product's documentation or [email protected].

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