Wind River bash Security Update

Original Release Date: October 3, 2014
Last Revised: February 9, 2015
Number: ASA-2014-382
Risk Level: Low
Advisory Version: 2.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

Wind River has released a security advisory pertaining to their embedded version of Linux. This advisory contains vulnerabilities that may affect Avaya systems.

GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution, aka "ShellShock." The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277 and CVE-2014-6278 to these issues.

More information about this vulnerability can be found in the security advisory issued by Wind River:

Avaya has released Product Support Notice PSN004410u with regard to this advisory.

2. Avaya System Products using Wind River Linux with affected components/packages installed:

Product: Affected Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya 9601/9608/9608G/9611G/9621G/9641G IP Deskphones 6.4.1.25 and earlier SIP Software Low Upgrade to SIP software 6.5.0 GA or later.
Avaya 9608/9608G/9611G/9621G/9641G IP Deskphones 6.4.0.14 and earlier H.323 software Low Upgrade to H.323 software patch release 6.4.0.46 or later.
Avaya B189 IP Conference Phone 1.0.1.08 and earlier B189 software Low Upgrade to software patch release 1.0.1.25 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-2014-6271
CVE-2014-7169
CVE-2014-7186
CVE-2014-7187
CVE-2014-6277
CVE-2014-6278
These are a Low risk as all access to the shell is disabled by default.

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 - October 3, 2014 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - February 9, 2015 - Updated Product, Affected Versions and Actions in Section 2 and set the advisory status to Final.

Avaya customers or Business Partners should report any security issues found with Avaya products via the standard support process.
Independent security researchers can contact Avaya at securityalerts@avaya.com.

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