openssl security update (CVE-2014-0160)

Original Release Date: April 8, 2014
Last Revised: June 8, 2016
Number: ASA-2014-144
Risk Level: High
Advisory Version: 14.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols, as well as a full-strength, general purpose cryptography library.

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled TLS and DTLS Heartbeat Extension packets. A malicious TLS or DTLS client or server could send a specially crafted TLS or DTLS Heartbeat packet to disclose a limited portion of memory per request from a connected client or server. Note that the disclosed portions of memory could potentially include sensitive information such as private keys. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2014-0160 to this issue. Redhat Enterprise Linux specific information may be found in the Redhat CVE Database.

This issue did not affect the versions of openssl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 and earlier.

More information about this vulnerability can be found in the security advisories at:

Information about this vulnerability concerning the Avaya VPN Gateway can be found at:

Information about this vulnerability concerning the Avaya Wireless LAN (WLAN) product can be found at:

Information about this vulnerability concerning the Avaya Ethernet Switching products can be found at:

Information about this vulnerability concerning Avaya Identity Engines can be found at:

Information about this vulnerability concerning Avaya Services Support products can be found at:

Information about this vulnerability concerning Avaya Scopia products can be found at:

More information about this vulnerability for Emerging Products and Technology solutions can be found in the security advisory at:

2a. Avaya Unified Communications System Products using a modified version of RHEL6 with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya CMS R17.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Collaboration Environment 2.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Experience Portal 6.x, 7.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya IP Office Server Edition 8.1, 9.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya IP Office Application Server 9.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X® Client Enablement Services 6.2.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Session Manager 6.3.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Virtual Application Manager 6.2.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2b. Avaya Unified Communications System Products using a modified version of RHEL5 with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya Aura® Application Enablement Services 5.x, 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Application Server 5300:
  • SIP Core
2.x, 3.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Communication Manager: 5.2.x, 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Communication Manager Messaging: 5.2.x, 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya IQ 5.x None See Mitigating Factors table below
Avaya Communication Server 1000:
  • CS1000E
  • CS1000M
  • CS1000E/CS1000M Signaling Server
6.x, 7.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Conferencing 7.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Conferencing Standard Edition 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya IP Office Application Server 8.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Meeting Exchange 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Messaging 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X® Client Enablement Services 6.1.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Presence Services 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Proactive Contact 4.x, 5.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Session Manager 5.2 thru 6.2.3 None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® SIP Enablement Services 5.2.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® System Manager 5.2 thru 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® System Platform 1.x, 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Communication Manager Utility Services 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Voice Portal 5.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2c. Avaya Unified Communications System Products using Wind River Linux with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya 96x1 IP Deskphones 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya B189 Conference Phone 1.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2d. Avaya Unified Communications Clients using openssl:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya Client Applications Collaboration Services All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Client Applications for Microsoft Lync Integration All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Communicator for Android 2.x High Install the latest version available from the Google Play Store. Users with automatic updates turned on (the default) will receive the fix automatically.
Avaya Flare Experience for Windows All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Flare Experience for iPad All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya VDI Communicator All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X Communicator for Mac OS X All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X Communicator for Windows All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X Mobile CES for iOS All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X Mobile Lite for Android All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X Mobile Lite for iOS All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X Mobile SIP for iOS All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X Mobile for Blackberry All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya one-X Attendant All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya C3000 Unified Messaging All None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2e. Avaya Media Processing Server:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya Media Processing Server:
  • MPS 1000
  • MPS 500
3.x, 4.1 None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Media Processing Server on Windows:
4.1 High Install patch dist4.1.0.11. Until such time as the patch can be installed disable the OpenSSH service and do not use ssh utilities.

2f. Avaya Unified Communications System Products using VxWorks with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya 1600 Series IP Deskphones All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya 96x0 H323 IP Deskphones 3.2.1 and earlier None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya 96x0 H323 IP Deskphones 3.2.2 None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya 96x0 SIP IP Deskphones 2.6.11 and earlier None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya G250/G350/G4xx/G6xx/G700 Gateways All None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2g. Avaya Session Border Controller:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya Session Border Controller for Enterprise 4.x, 6.2.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Session Border Controller 6.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2h. Avaya Unified Communications System Products using Solaris with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya CMS R16.x, R17 None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Interactive Response 3.0, 4.0 None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2i. Avaya Unified Communications System Products using other Linux distributions with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya B179 Conference Phone All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya AVK3 All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Integral I5 All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Integral Enterprise (IE) All None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2j. Other Avaya Unified Communications Endpoints:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya 1100/1200 SIP Phone 4.4 None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya 1100/1200 UniSTIM Phone 5.5 PF1 None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Destop Video Device All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya E129 IP Deskphone All None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2k. Avaya Contact Center Products with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya Aura® Contact Center (SIP - CM) 6.3 and earlier None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Contact Center (SIP - CM) 6.4 High Install 6.4 Service Pack 12 or later.
Avaya Aura® Contact Center (Mid Market - AACC) (SIP - CM) All High Install 6.4 Service Pack 12 or later.
Avaya Aura® Contact Center (AML - CS1K) All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® Work Force Optimization 10.1, 11.0 High Install the latest available hot fix.
Avaya Aura® Work Force Optimization 12.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Speech Analytics All None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2l. Avaya Unified Communications System Products using a modified version of RHEL4 ELS with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya Aura® Communication Manager 4.0 thru 5.1.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Meeting Exchange 5.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Message Networking 5.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Message Storage Server 5.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Aura® SIP Enablement Services 4.0 thru 5.1.x None See Mitigating Factors table below.

2m. Avaya Unified Communications System Products using Microsoft Windows with openssl installed:

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya CallPilot® All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Messaging Application Server All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Elite Multichannel All None See Mitigating Factors table below.

Recommended Actions for System Products:
Avaya strongly recommends following the 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 the System Product operating system or application should not be modified 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-2014-0160
This is a High risk for Avaya Communicator for Android and Scopia 8.3.0.61 due to the potential for exposure of sensitive information or Denial of Service (DoS).
There is no risk for the 96x0 H323 version 3.2.2 IP Deskpone because the heartbeat functionality is not enabled.
This is a High risk for AACC 6.4 as the AMS 7.6 component, whether deployed co-resident or standalone on Windows or Linux, is potentially vulnerable to the exposure of sensitive information.
This is a High risk for WFO 10.1 and 11.0 due to the potential for exposure of sensitive information.
There is no risk for Avaya Virtual Application Manager because the heartbeat functionality is not enabled.
There is no risk for all other listed products as the affected openssl versions are not installed.

3a. Avaya Software-Only Products using a Linux Operating System:

Avaya software-only products operate on general-purpose operating systems. Occasionally vulnerabilities may be discovered in the underlying operating system or applications that come with the operating system. These vulnerabilities often do not impact the software-only product directly but may threaten the integrity of the underlying platform.

In the case of this advisory Avaya software-only products are not affected by the vulnerability directly but the underlying Linux platform may be. Customers should determine on which Linux operating system the product was installed and then follow that vendor's guidance.

Product: Actions:
Avaya Aura® Application Enablement Services Depending on the Operating System installed, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the AES application.
CVLAN Depending on the Operating System installed, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the CVLAN application.
Avaya Aura® Experience Portal Depending on the Operating System installed, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the EP application.
Avaya Integrated Management Suite (IMS) Depending on the Operating System installed, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the IMS application.
Avaya Aura® Presence Services Depending on the Operating System installed, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the PS application.
Avaya Secure Access Link Gateway Depending on the Operating System installed, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the SAL Gateway application.
Avaya Voice Portal Depending on the Operating System installed, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the VP application.

Recommended Actions for Software-Only Products using Linux:
In the event that the affected package is installed, Avaya recommends following recommended actions supplied by Red Hat regarding their Enterprise Linux.

3b. Avaya Software-Only Products using a Windows Operating System:

Avaya software-only products operate on general-purpose operating systems. Occasionally vulnerabilities may be discovered in the underlying operating system or applications that come with the operating system. These vulnerabilities often do not impact the software-only product directly but may threaten the integrity of the underlying platform.

In the case of this advisory Avaya software-only products are not affected by the vulnerability directly but the underlying Windows platform may be. Customers should determine on which Windows operating system the product was installed and then follow the vendor's guidance.

Product: Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya Easy Management All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Central Data Management All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Fault and Performance Management All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya IDSWin Accounting All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya VOIP Manager All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya C3000 Unified Messaging All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Front Office Integration System All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Internet Access Manager All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Medial Server All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya DialIt All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya CTI Software conneCTIon All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya MACS Alarmserver All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya PUMA All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya Customer Interaction Express (CIE) 3.1 Low Upgrade to 3.2.3 or later.
Avaya HotCom Sihot All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya CTI Q-Server TAPI All None See Mitigating Factors table below.
Avaya HotCom FOIS All None See Mitigating Factors table below.

Mitigating Factors for Software-Only Products using Windows:

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-2014-0160
This is a Low risk for Avaya Customer Interaction Express because using the client to connect to untrusted hosts would be considered non-standard user interaction.
There is no risk for all other listed products as the affected openssl versions are not installed.

4. 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.

5. Disclaimer:

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6. Revision History:

V 1.0 - April 8, 2014 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - April 9, 2014 - Added affected products tables, mitigating factors and link to VPN Gateway information, and changed title.
V 3.0 - April 11, 2014 - Added links to IDE, Scopia and Avaya Services Products statements, and updated mitigating factors.
V 4.0 - April 14, 2014 - Added CM, added tables 2h and 2i, added links to WLAN and Ethernet Switching product statements.
V 5.0 - April 15, 2014 - Added MPS on Windows to table 2e and added table 2j, and updated PC versions.
V 6.0 - April 16, 2014 - Added Gxxx gateways and updated Conferencing risk level and actions, and mitigating factors.
V 7.0 - April 17, 2014 - Added link to EP and T advisory, added table 2k, and updated mitigating factors.
V 8.0 - April 18, 2014 - Added SES to table 2b and added table 2l.
V 9.0 - April 22, 2014 - Added AVAM to table 2a and added table 2m.
V 10.0 - April 24, 2014 - Updated MPS, AVAM mitigating factors and added CMM.
V 11.0 - May 1, 2014 - Added one-X Attendant, C3000 UM, AV3K, I5,  IE and added table 3b and associated mitigating factors table.
V 12.0 - May 9, 2014 - Added AA-SBC.
V 13.0 - May 21, 2014 - Updated Communicator for Android, AACC and WFO actions.
V 14.0 - June 8, 2016 - Set advisory status to Final.

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