A new Sun Alert Notification from Sun Microsystems has been issued and is described below. Additional information about this issue may be found on the sunsolve.sun.com website, although a maintenance contract with Sun may be required to view the information.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-1483 to this issue.
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.
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya CMS | None | None | The SSH configuration for CMS is setup with X11Forwarding set to "no" by default. |
| Avaya IR | 2.0 on Solaris 10, 3.0 | Medium | IR does not use or configure SSH or x11 by default.
If SSH with X11 forwarding is used, use the workaround provided by Sun. IR 2.0 is no longer supported and the patch will not be tested. For 3.0, install IR Service Pack 4 and June Solaris cluster from Avaya Support. |
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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V 1.0 - May 13, 2008 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - May 29, 2009 - Changed IR actions and ASA status to final.
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