Avaya has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel included in various Avaya products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of system or potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or by malicious people to cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA14295
SA16969
SA19078
SA19083
SA19402
SA19639
SA19724
SA20225

The following products are affected:
* Avaya S87XX/S8500/S8300 (all versions of CM)

Solution
The vendor recommends that local and network access to the affected systems should be restricted until an update is available.
Original Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm

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