tcl security and bug fix update (RHSA-2013-0122)

Original Release Date: February 5, 2013
Last Revised: July 14, 2015
Number: ASA-2013-043
Risk Level: Low
Advisory Version: 4.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

Tcl (Tool Command Language) provides a powerful platform for creating integration applications that tie together diverse applications, protocols, devices, and frameworks. When paired with the Tk toolkit, Tcl provides a fast and powerful way to create cross-platform GUI applications.

Two denial of service flaws were found in the Tcl regular expression handling engine. If Tcl or an application using Tcl processed a specially-crafted regular expression, it would lead to excessive CPU and memory consumption. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2007-4772 and CVE-2007-6067 to these issues.

More information about these vulnerabilities can be found in the security advisory issued by Red Hat:

2. Avaya System Products using a modified version of RHEL5 with affected packages installed:

Product: Affected Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya Aura® Application Enablement Services 5.x, 6.1.x thru 6.3.2 Low For 6.1.x and earlier, upgrade to 6.2 and install security patch 1 or later.
For 6.2, install security patch 1 or later.
VMware deployments may also upgrade to 6.3 or later.
For 6.3.x standalone and System Platform deployments, upgrade to 6.3.3 or later.
Avaya Aura® Application Server 5300:
  • SIP Core
2.x, 3.0 including 3.0 SP5 Low Upgrade to 3.0 SP6 or later.
Avaya IQ 5.2 thru 5.2.5 Low Upgrade to 5.2.6 and install Patch 2 or later.
Avaya Aura® Communication Manager 6.0.x, 6.2.x Low Upgrade to 6.3 or later.
Avaya Communication Server 1000:
  • CS1000E
  • CS1000M
  • CS1000E/CS1000M Signaling Server
6.x, 7.5 thru 7.6 SP4 Low Upgrade to 7.6 SP5 or later.
Avaya Aura® Conferencing 7.0 thru 7.2 SP2 Low Upgrade to 7.2 SP3 or later.
Avaya Aura® Conferencing Standard Edition 6.x Low See recommended actions and Mitigating Factors table below. This advisory will not be addressed as no further releases are planned. It is recommended that customers migrate to one of Avaya's conferencing solutions including Aura® Conferencing 7.0 or later.
Avaya IP Office Application Server 8.x Low Upgrade to 9.0 or later.
Avaya Aura® Messaging 6.0 thru 6.2.x Low Upgrade to 6.3 or later.
Avaya one-X® Client Enablement Services 6.1.x Low Upgrade to 6.2 or later.
Avaya Aura® Presence Services 6.0, 6.1 including SP1 Low Upgrade to 6.1 SP2 or later.
Avaya Aura® Session Manager 6.1.4 and earlier Low Upgrade to 6.1.5 or later.
Avaya Aura® System Manager 5.x, 6.0.x, 6.1 Low Upgrade to 6.1.1 or later.
Avaya Aura® System Platform 1.x, 6.0.x thru 6.3 Low Upgrade to 6.3.1 or later.
Avaya Aura® Communication Manager Utility Services 6.0 thru 6.1.0.8.8, 6.2 thru 6.2.5.0.15 Low For 6.0.x, upgrade to 6.1 and install SP 6.1.0.9.8 or later.
For 6.1, install SP 6.1.0.9.8 or later.
For 6.2, install SP 6.2.6.0.15 or later.
All versions can be upgraded to 6.3 or later.
Avaya Voice Portal 5.x Low Migrate to Experience Portal 6.0 SP2 or later.

Recommended Actions for System Products:
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-2007-4772
CVE-2007-6067
These are a low risk for all products because non-standard regular expressions are not processed by default and exploit would require privilege user permissions which would not provide additional capability.

3. Avaya Software-Only Products:

Avaya software-only products operate on general-purpose operating systems. Occasionally vulnerabilities may be discovered in the underlying operating system or applications that come with the operating system. These vulnerabilities often do not impact the software-only product directly but may threaten the integrity of the underlying platform.

In the case of this advisory Avaya software-only products are not affected by the vulnerability directly but the underlying Linux platform may be. Customers should determine on which Linux operating system the product was installed and then follow that vendor's guidance.

Product: Actions:
Avaya Aura® Application Enablement Services 4.x/5.x Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the AES application.
CVLAN Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the CVLAN application.
Avaya Aura® Experience Portal Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the EP application.
Avaya Integrated Management Suite (IMS) Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the IMS application.
Avaya Aura® Presence Services Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the PS application.
Avaya Secure Access Link Gateway Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the SAL Gateway application.
Avaya Aura® System Manager 1.0 Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the SMGR application.
Avaya Voice Portal Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the VP application.

Recommended Actions for Software-Only Products:
In the event that the affected package is installed, Avaya recommends that customers follow recommended actions supplied by Red Hat regarding their Enterprise Linux.

4. 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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6. Revision History:

V 1.0 - February 5, 2013 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - October 29, 2013 - Changed AES, AS5300, CM, IPOAS, one-X CES, SMGR, SP and CMUS affected versions and actions. Changed Conferencing SE and VP actions.
V 3.0 - June 12, 2014 - Changed AES, AAC, CS1K and AAM affected versions and actions.
V 4.0 - July 14, 2015 - Updated IQ affected versions and actions, and set advisory status to final.

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