TITLE:
Avaya PDS Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14152

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14152/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Avaya Predictive Dialing System (PDS)
http://secunia.com/product/4613/

DESCRIPTION:
Avaya has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in PDS, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA12942
SA11893
SA8046

The vulnerabilities affect PDS v9, v11, and HP-UX v11.00 based v12
platforms.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends removing the affected binaries or applying the
patches from HP (see vendor advisory for more information).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Avaya:
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-032_HPSBUX0302-241_HPSBUX01088_HPSBUX01061_HPSBUX01111_and_HPSBUX01113.pdf

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12942:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12942/

SA11893:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11893/

SA8046:
http://secunia.com/advisories/8046/

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