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TITLE:
Avaya Products elfutils Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21717

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21717/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Avaya S8XXX Media Servers
http://secunia.com/product/4519/

DESCRIPTION:
Avaya has acknowledged a vulnerability in elfutils included in
various Avaya products, which potentially can be exploited by
malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA21122

The following products are affected:
* Avaya S87XX/S8500/S8300 (version CM3.1 and later)

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-178.htm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21122:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21122/

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