Oracle Solaris Critical Update (CVE-2013-0408)

Original Release Date: April 24, 2013
Last Revised: November 5, 2013
Number: ASA-2013-235
Risk Level: Medium
Advisory Version: 3.0
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 Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013 and contains the following security issues.

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle and Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: CPU performance counters drivers). The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System plus additional login/authentication to component or subcomponent. Successful attack of this vulnerability can escalate attacker privileges resulting in unauthorized Operating System hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS). The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2013-0408 to this issue.

2. Avaya System Products using a Solaris Operating System:

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.x, R17.x Medium For R15, upgrade to R15ab.n or later.
For R16.x, upgrade to R16.3eg.e or later.
For R17, upgrade to R17fb.m or later.
Avaya IR 4.x Medium See recommended actions and mitigating factors table below. This advisory will not be addressed as no further releases are planned. It is recommended customers migrate to Avaya Experience Portal. Please contact your Avaya representative for information on the migration and ordering process.

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-2013-0408
This is a medium risk due to the potential for privilege escalation.

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.

4. Disclaimer:

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5. Revision History:

V 1.0 - April 24, 2013 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - October 4, 2013 - Updated CMS and IR actions.
V 3.0 - November 5, 2013 - Updated CMS actions and set advisory status to final.

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