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-2008-4609 to this issue.
Some Avaya system products are delivered with an Operating System from Sun Microsystems. Actions to be taken on these products are described below.
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya CMS | R14/R14.1, R15 | Low | Upgrade to CMS R15ab.k or R15auxab.k or later |
| Avaya IR | 3.0, 4.0 | Low | Use ipfilter (see ipfilter(5)) as detailed in the Sun advisory to block connections from the source IP addresses of the attacks. |
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. Further restrictions as deemed
necessary based on the customer's security policies
may be required during this interim period.
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 - September 22, 2009 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - February 8, 2011 - Changed IR actions.
V 3.0 - July 8, 2011 - Changed CMS actions and advisory status to final.
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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