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Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Presence Server Security Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA26039
Release Date: 2007-07-12
Last Update: 2007-07-19
Popularity: 6,009 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Partial Fix

Software:Cisco Unified CallManager 5.x
Cisco Unified Communications Manager 5.x
Cisco Unified Presence Server 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-3775
CVE-2007-3776


Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM, formerly CallManager) and Cisco Unified Presence Server (CUPS), which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors and can be exploited by an unauthorized administrator to e.g. activate and terminate system services or to view SNMP configuration information in a CUCM/CUPS cluster environment.

The vulnerabilities affect the following versions:
* Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0 and Communications Manager 5.1 versions up to and including 5.1(2)
* Cisco Unified Presence Server versions 1.0 to 1.0(3)

Solution:
Apply updates.

CUCM 5.0/5.1:
Update to CUCM 5.1(2a) - http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/callmgr-51?psrtdcat20e2

CUPS 1.0:
Upgrade to CUPS 6.0(1) - http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cups-60?psrtdcat20e2
Version 1.0 is reportedly discontinued. The vendor recommends users to upgrade to version 6.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2007-07-19: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070711-voip.shtml


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