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TITLE:
Avaya gzip Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16643

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16643/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Avaya S8XXX Media Servers
http://secunia.com/product/4519/
Avaya Converged Communications Server (CCS) 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4520/
Avaya Intuity LX
http://secunia.com/product/3279/
Avaya Modular Messaging 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4484/
Avaya Network Messaging
http://secunia.com/product/5639/

DESCRIPTION:
Avaya has acknowledged a vulnerability in gzip included in some
products, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to
extract files to arbitrary directories on a user's system.

For more information:
SA15682

SOLUTION:
The vendor is reportedly considering an update for a future version.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Avaya:
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-172.pdf

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15682:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15682/

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