Microsoft issued a security bulletin for Internet Explorer which contained one security advisory: MS06-055. The advisory describes a vulnerability in Internet Explorer for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. A description of the vulnerability can be found at:
Certain Avaya products utilize Microsoft Operating Systems and may be affected by this vulnerability.
Avaya system products include an Operating System with the product when it is delivered. The system products described below are delivered with a Microsoft Operating System. Actions to be taken with these products are also described below.
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya S8100 | All | Medium | Follow Microsoft's recommendation for installing the Operating
System
patches: MS06-055 These products are deployed with either the Microsoft Windows 2000 Operating System or the Microsoft Windows NT Operating System. |
| Avaya Messaging Application Server | All | Medium | Follow Microsoft's recommendation for installing the Operating
System
patches: MS06-055 The Modular Messaging - Messaging Application Server (MAS) is deployed with the Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows 2003 Operating System. |
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 Microsoft Windows platform may be. For affected Microsoft Operating Systems, Microsoft recommends installing patches. Detailed instructions for patching the Operating System are given by Microsoft at the following links:
| Product: | Software Version(s): |
|---|---|
| Avaya Agent Access | All Versions |
| Avaya Basic Call Management System Reporting Desktop - server | All Versions |
| Avaya Basic Call Management System Reporting Desktop - client | All Versions |
| Avaya CMS Supervisor | All Versions |
| Avaya Computer Telephony | All Versions |
| Avaya Contact Center Express (ACCE) | All Versions |
| Avaya CVLAN Client | All Versions |
| Avaya Enterprise Manager | All Versions |
| Avaya Integrated Management | All Versions |
| Avaya Interaction Center (IC) | All Versions |
| Avaya Interaction Center - Voice Quick Start | All Versions |
| Avaya IP Agent | All Versions |
| Avaya IP Softphone | All Versions |
| Avaya Modular Messaging | All Versions |
| Avaya Network Reporting | All Versions |
| Avaya OctelAccess(r) Server | All Versions |
| Avaya OctelDesignerTM | All Versions |
| Avaya Operational Analyst | All Versions |
| Avaya Outbound Contact Management | All Versions |
| Avaya Speech Access | All Versions |
| Avaya Unified Communication Center (UCC) | All Versions |
| Avaya Unified Messenger (r) | All Versions |
| Avaya Visual Messenger TM | All Versions |
| Avaya Visual Vector Client | All Versions |
| Avaya VPNmanagerTM Console | All Versions |
| Avaya Web Messenger | All Versions |
Recommended Actions:
Avaya recommends that customers follow
recommended actions supplied by Microsoft Windows or remove the
affected
package.
MS06-055 Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925486): The Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation in Microsoft Windows was found to contain a remote code execution vulnerability. A remote malicious user could make a malicious web page or HTML email that could possibly cause a remote code execution condition when viewed on a vulnerable system. If the user viewing the malicious web page or HTML email had administrator privileges, this could potentially allow the attacker to take over the system. The Avaya Modular Messaging Message Application Server and S8100 are vulnerable to this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2006-4868 to this issue.
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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V 1.0 - October 26, 2006 - Initial Statement issued.
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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