Avaya SIP Enablement Service (SES) default application unauthorized access

avaya-ses-application-unauth-access (43389) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Avaya SIP Enablement Service (SES) could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system, caused by misconfiguration of the Web administration interface. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute an unnecessary default application without authentication.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 5
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 4
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Unavailable
  Report Confidence: Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

  • Avaya Web site: Telecommunication Systems by Avaya: Business Telecommunications for your Company.
  • VoIP Security Advisory, 2008-06-25: SIP Enablement Service Web Interface Default Application Execution.
  • ASA-2008-268: Additional Input Validation Vulnerabilities in Avaya SES SIP Server
  • BID-29939: Avaya Communication Manager Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2008-6707: The Web management interface in Avaya SIP Enablement Services (SES) 3.x and 4.0, as used with Avaya Communication Manager 3.1.x, does not perform authentication for certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and access restricted functionality via (1) the certificate installation utility, (2) unspecified scripts in the objects folder, (3) an unnecessary default application
  • SA30751: Avaya SIP Enablement Services Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-1943: Avaya SES Multiple Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Avaya Communication Manager 3.0
  • Avaya Communication Manager 3.1
  • Avaya Communication Manager 3.1.1
  • Avaya Communication Manager 4.0

Reported:

Jun 25, 2008

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