PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library.
A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered in the way PCRE handles malformed regular expressions. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary code as the user running an application linked against PCRE, such as grep. This vulnerability could lead to privilege escalation in certain circumstances. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2 006-7225, CVE-2 006-7226, CVE-2 006-7228, CVE-2 006-7230 and CVE-2 007-1659 to these issues.
A number of Avaya products have the PCRE package installed. In certain systems, the PCRE vulnerability could potentially be exploited to escalate privilege. In these cases the risk level is listed below as Medium, in accordance with Avaya's Vulnerability Classification Policy.
This advisory is specific to the versions of PCRE installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL 4). Separate advisories will be issued for versions of PCRE on other RHEL platforms.
More information about these vulnerabilities can be found in the security advisory issued by RedHat Linux:
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya Communication Manager | CM 3.1.4, 4.0.1 and earlier, 5.0 | Medium | CM 3.1.x - A patch is only available for CM 3.1.4 and may be
downloaded from
here.
Please refer to Product Correction Notice (PCN)
1625P
for details.
CM 4.0.1/5.0 - A fix is available via Security Service Pack PLAT-rhel4-1000 or later. Security Service Packs may also be downloaded from here under the Software Downloads section. Please refer to PCN 1625P for details. CM 5.1 and later than CM 4.0.1 - A fix is included in the release, there is no need to apply PLAT-rhel4-1000. |
| Avaya SIP Enablement Services | SES 3.1.x, 4.0 and 5.0 | Medium | SES 3.1.x/4.0 - A fix is only available in the latest Service Pack
for SES 4.0 and may be downloaded from
her
e.
Please refer to Product Correction Notice (PCN)
1626P
for details.
SES 5.0 - A fix is available via Security Service Pack PLAT-rhel4-1000 or later. Security Service Packs may also be downloaded from here under the Software Downloads section. Please refer to PCN 1626P for details. SES 5.1 or later - A fix is included in the release, there is no need to apply PLAT-rhel4-1000. |
| Avaya AES | AES 4.0.1, 4.1 | Low | Upgrade to AES 4.2 or later. |
| Avaya Intuity AUDIX LX | IALX 2.0 | Low | Upgrade to IALX 2.0 SP2. |
| Avaya Message Networking | 3.1 | Low | See recommended actions below. This issue will be addressed in accordance with Avaya's Product Security Vulnerability Response Policy |
| Avaya Messaging Storage Server | MSS 3.x | Low | See recommended actions below. This issue will be addressed in accordance with Avaya's Product Security Vulnerability Response Policy |
Recommended Actions:
For all system products which use
vulnerable
versions of PCRE, 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 vendor's guidance.
| Product: | Actions: |
|---|---|
| CVLAN | Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package 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) | Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the IMS application. The IMS application does not require the software described in this advisory. |
Recommended Actions:
In the event that the affected package
is
installed, Avaya recommends that customers follow recommended actions
supplied
by RedHat Linux.
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 - December 12, 2007 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - March 4, 2008 - Updated Communication Manager and SIP Enablement
Services with available fixes.
V 3.0 - July 21, 2008 - Updated content with the release of
Communication Manager 4.0.3/5.1, SIP Enablement Services 5.1 and AES
4.2.
V 4.0 - January 9, 2009 - Changed IALX recommended actions.
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