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[SA38331] Avaya CMS Solaris libexpat Library XML Parsing Denial of Service

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Jan 25 2010 - 18:32:10 CST


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TITLE:
Avaya CMS Solaris libexpat Library XML Parsing Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38331

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38331/

DESCRIPTION:
Avaya has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Avaya CMS, which can
be exploited by malicious people to crash an application linked
against the libexpat library.

For more information:
SA37593

The vulnerabilities are reported in Avaya CMS R15 and R16.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends that local and network access to the affected
systems be restricted until an update is available.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ASA-2010-008:
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100072379

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA37593:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37593/

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