Getting Avaya Security Advisories

About this task

Avaya Security Advisories are posted on the Security Support website at http://support.avaya.com/security. The PSST also sends email to customers who have signed up to receive advisories. The advisories are distributed in a time frame as indicated in the table:

Table 1. Avaya Security Advisories time frames
Avaya classification of vulnerability Target intervals between assessment and notification
High Within 24 hours
Medium Within 2 weeks
Low Within 30 days
None At the discretion of Avaya

Customers can sign up to receive advisories by email on the Avaya Security Support Web site by following these steps:

Procedure

  1. Browse to http://support.avaya.com.
  2. Select My E-notifications on the right side of the page
  3. If you do not have an account click on Registration Now and follow the instructions.
  4. Log in using your existing credentials.
  5. Select Add New E-notifications.
  6. Click Submit
  7. Select Security Advisories and click Continue to receive notifications on creation or update of all security advisories.

    To receive notification on creation or update of security advisories of a specific product select a product from the product list and skip to step 9.

  8. Select Security Advisories and click Submit to ensure that E-notifications is added.

    Skip to step 11.

  9. From the release version page select the product version and click Continue.
  10. Select Security Advisories in Avaya Support E-Notifications Service page and click Submit.
  11. A confirmation page appears.

    You are now ready to receive email E-Notifications whenever an Avaya Security Advisory is updated or published.