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TITLE:
Avaya CMS Solaris SSH X11 Forwarding Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30230

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30230/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Avaya Call Management System (CMS)
http://secunia.com/product/4615/

DESCRIPTION:
Avaya has acknowledged a vulnerability in CMS, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information or
potentially perform actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA30086

NOTE: CMS is setup with "X11Forwarding" set to "no" by default.

SOLUTION:
Set "X11Forwarding" to "no".

Grant only trusted users access to an affected system.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30086:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30086/

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