A new Sun Alert Notification from Sun Microsystems has been issued and is described below. Issues which have been resolved by Sun Microsystems have been indicated as such. Notifications without a resolution may have restrictions to additional information on the sunsolve.sun.com website.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-2435 to this issue.
Avaya System Products using a Sun Microsystems Operating System:
Avaya system products include an
Operating System with the product
when it is delivered. Avaya
Call Management System
(CMS) and Avaya Interactive
Response (IR) are both shipped
with an operating system from Sun
Microsystems. Actions to be taken on
those products are described below.
Recommended Actions:
Follow the recommended actions for the
products listed below. This
advisory will be updated as additional
information becomes available.
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya CMS | All | None | The Java 2 Web platform is not installed on CMS by default. |
| Avaya IR | 2.0 | Low | The Java 2 Web platform is installed on IR. Using the web browser
as described in the Sun alert is not a supported use. Avaya advises customers
not to open untrusted applications of any kind on their IR servers.
Some customers may wish to disable Java Web Start applications from running by default. The following steps can be performed to disable Java Web Start in the Mozilla client installed by default on IR systems: Open Mozilla Select "Preferences" under the browser's "Edit" menu Select "Helper Applications" located under the "Navigator" category Under "Files types", scroll down and locate "application/x-java-jnlp-file" Select "application/x-java-jnlp-file" and click the "Remove" button |
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 - May 23, 2007 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - June 17, 2008 - Changed status.
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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