OpenSSL is an open source toolkit that implements the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) versions 2 and 3 protocols, the Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1 protocol as well as a general use cryptography library.
An attack against the digital signatures of Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #1 v1.5 was recently discussed by Daniel Bleichenbacher at the CRYPTO-2006 conference. An attacker forging a PKCS #1 v1.5 signature on an RSA key with exponent 3 could possibly cause some implementations of PKCS to believe the key had a valid signature. OpenSSL was verified to have this issue with X.509 certificates. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2006-4339 to this issue.
Avaya System Products utilize an RSA key exponent of 65537. Root access would be necessary to change the settings to exploit this vulnerability.
More information about this vulnerability can be found in the security advisory issued by RedHat Linux:
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya S87XX/S8500/S8300 | All | Low | Upgrade to Communication Manager 3.1.4 or later. |
| Avaya Intuity LX | All | Low | Upgrade to Intuity LX 2.0 or later. |
| Avaya Message Networking | All | Low | Upgrade to MN 3.1 or later. |
| Avaya CCS/SES | All | Low | This issue will be addressed in accordance with Avaya's Product Security Vulnerability Response Policy |
| Avaya Messaging Storage Server | All | Low | Upgrade to MSS 3.1 or later. |
Recommended Actions:
For all system products which use vulnerable
versions of openssl, Avaya recommends that customers restrict local and network
access to the server. This restriction should be enforced through the use of
physical security, firewalls, ACLs, VPNs, and other generally-accepted
networking practices until such time as an update becomes available and can be
installed.
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 vendors guidance:
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya Interactive Response(IR) | All | Low | Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected packages may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the IR application. The IR application does not require the software described in this advisory. |
| CVLAN | All | Low | Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected packages may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the CVLAN application. The CVLAN application does not require the software described in this advisory. |
| Avaya Integrated Management Suite(IMS) | All | Low | See recommended actions below. |
Recommended Actions:
Avaya recommends that customers follow
recommended actions supplied by the Operating System vendor (e.g. RedHat Linux)
or remove the affected packages.
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 8, 2006 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - September 12, 2006 - Updated impact statements for all Avaya System and
Software only Products, and changed the overall severity.
V 3.0 - September 14, 2007 - Updates Actions for Avaya S87XX/S8500/S8300,
Intuity LX, MSS and MN.
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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