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Avaya Secure Access Link (SAL) Gateway information disclosure vulnerability

Vulnerability Note VU#690315

Original Release Date: 2011-07-29 | Last Revised: 2011-07-29

Overview

Avaya Secure Access Link (SAL) gateway releases 1.5, 1.8, and 2.0 have an information disclosure vulnerability in the default install.

Description

According to Avaya's Product Support Notice PSN003314u [PDF]:

"On installation of SAL Gateway with the default properties provided along with the installer, the Secondary Core Server URL and the Remote Server URL points to the secavaya.com and secaxeda.com respectively which are invalid public domain servers and not owned by Avaya. These servers resolve to invalid domains and pose a security threat. Secondary Core Server URL should be same as the primary Core Server URL and Secondary Remote Server URL should be same as the primary Remote Server URL."

Impact

Information from the SAL gateway, such as alarms or logs, may be sent to secavaya.com and secaxeda.com email addresses.

Solution

The Avaya Product Support Notice PSN003314u [PDF] states:

"To resolve this problem, please do the following steps:

    1. Login to the SAL Gateway UI with the user having either Security Administrator or Administrator role.
    2. Navigate to the Administration section of the SAL Gateway menu, click on Core Server.
    3. In the Secondary Core Server field, enter the host name same as the primary Core Server hostname for the secondary Secure Access Concentrator Core Server.
    4. In the Port field, enter the port number same as the primary Core Server port number for the secondary Secure Access Concentrator Core Server.
    5. Click on Apply.
    6. Navigate to the Administration section of the SAL Gateway menu, click Remote Server.
    7. In the Secondary Remote Server field, enter the hostname same as the primary Remote Server hostname for the secondary Secure Access Concentrator Remote Server.
    8. In the Port field, enter the port number same as the primary Remote Server port number for the secondary Secure Access Concentrator Remote Server.
    9. Click on Apply.
    10. Logout from the Gateway UI."

    Vendor Information

    690315
     

    Avaya, Inc. Affected

    Notified:  July 27, 2011 Updated: July 28, 2011

    Status

    Affected

    Vendor Statement

    We have not received a statement from the vendor.

    Vendor Information

    We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

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    Acknowledgements

    Thank you to the reporter who wishes to remain anonymous.

    This document was written by Jared Allar.

    Other Information

    CVE IDs: None
    Severity Metric: 0.91
    Date Public: 2011-05-16
    Date First Published: 2011-07-29
    Date Last Updated: 2011-07-29 12:43 UTC
    Document Revision: 12

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