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Avaya Products Xterm Security Bypass Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27921
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Release Date:
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2007-12-05
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Popularity:
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3,565 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | Avaya Modular Messaging 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-2797
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Description:
Avaya has acknowledged a security issue in various Avaya products, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to xterm setting insecure permissions for pseudo terminals. This may be exploited to modify another user's xterm session.
The following products and versions are affected:
* Avaya Intuity Audix LX (IALX 2.0)
* Avaya Messaging Storage Server (MSS 3.x)
* Avaya Message Networking (MN 3.1)
Solution:
The vendor recommends that local and network access to the affected systems be restricted until an update is available.
Original Advisory:
ASA-2007-490:
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
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