Oracle Critical Update CVE-2011-2285

Original Release Date: August 16, 2011
Last Revised: March 14, 2012
Number: ASA-2011-217
Risk Level: Medium
Advisory Version: 2.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

New Critical Security Updates have been issued on Oracle's Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts website. Specific updates or alerts pertaining to this advisory are described below. The Oracle Advisory covering content outlined in this Avaya Security Advisory may be found in Oracle's Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2011.

CVE-2011-2285
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Products Suite (subcomponent: Installer). The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized Operating System takeover including arbitrary code execution.
Component: Solaris
Subcomponent: Installer

2. Avaya System Products using a Solaris Operating System with the affected components/packages installed:

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 IR 3.0, 4.0 Medium Upgrade to IR 4.0 Service Pack 6 and install Solaris 10 Patch Cluster (Jan 2012) or later for Avaya IR 4.0 Service Pack 6.

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 products and the surrounding network from this potential vulnerability may be mitigated by ensuring these practices are implemented until such time as an Avaya provided product update or the recommended Avaya action is applied. Further restrictions as deemed necessary based on the customer's security policies may be required during this interim period, but customers should not modify the System Product operating system or application unless the change is approved by Avaya. Making changes that are not approved may void the Avaya product service contract.

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-2011-2285
This a medium for IR due the possibility of an authenticated local user affecting system availability.

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.

4. Disclaimer:

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5. Revision History:

V 1.0 - August 16, 2011 - Initial Statement issued.
V 1.1 - August 17, 2010 - Changes to overview wording.
V 2.0 - March 14, 2012 - Changed IR 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 [email protected].

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