Oracle Solaris Critical Update (CVE-2012-3209)

Original Release Date: November 7, 2012
Last Revised: June 17, 2013
Number: ASA-2012-464
Risk Level: Low
Advisory Version: 2.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

New Solaris Critical Patch Updates or Security Alerts have been issued by Oracle on Oracle's Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts website. Specific updates or alerts pertaining to this advisory are described below. The Oracle Advisory covering content outlined in this Avaya Security Advisory may be found in Oracle's Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2012 and contains the following security issues.

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Products Suite (subcomponent: Logical Domain(LDOM)). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized Operating System hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) as well as update, insert or delete access to some Solaris accessible data, on the SPARC platform. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-3209 to this issue.

2. Avaya System Products using a Solaris Operating System with affected components/packages installed:

Some Avaya system products are delivered with a Solaris Operating System. Actions to be taken on these products are described below.

Product: Affected Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya CMS R15, R16 thru R16.3 load eg.e Low Upgrade to R16.3 load eg.f or later as detailed in PCN1711Su

Recommended Actions:
Avaya strongly recommends that customers follow networking and security best practices by implementing firewalls, ACLs, physical security or other appropriate access restrictions. Though Avaya believes such restrictions should always be in place, risk to Avaya products and the surrounding network from this potential vulnerability may be mitigated by ensuring these practices are implemented until such time as an Avaya provided product update or the recommended Avaya action is applied. Further restrictions as deemed necessary based on the customer's security policies may be required during this interim period, but customers should not modify the System Product operating system or application unless the change is approved by Avaya. Making changes that are not approved may void the Avaya product service contract.

Mitigating Factors:

When determining risk, Avaya takes into account many factors as outlined by Avaya's Security Vulnerability Classification Policy. The following table describes factors that mitigate the risk of specific vulnerabilities for affected Avaya products:

Vulnerability Mitigating Factors
CVE-2012-3209
This is a low risk for CMS as Logical Domains are not configured by default and would require privileged account access.

3. Additional Information:

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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5. Revision History:

V 1.0 - November 7, 2012 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - June 17, 2013 - Updated CMS affected versions and actions, and advisory status to final.

Send information regarding any discovered security problems with Avaya products to either the contact noted in the product's documentation or securityalerts@avaya.com.

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