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Avaya gzip Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA16643
Release Date: 2005-08-31
Popularity: 6,531 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Avaya Converged Communications Server (CCS) 2.x
Avaya Intuity LX
Avaya Modular Messaging 2.x
Avaya Network Messaging
Avaya S8XXX Media Servers

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-0758
CVE-2005-0988
CVE-2005-1228


Description:
Avaya has acknowledged a vulnerability in gzip included in some products, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to extract files to arbitrary directories on a user's system.

For more information:
SA15682

Solution:
The vendor is reportedly considering an update for a future version.

Original Advisory:
Avaya:
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-172.pdf

Other References:
SA15682:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15682/


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