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TITLE:
Avaya Products Vixie Cron Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21702

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21702/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Avaya Modular Messaging 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/8717/

DESCRIPTION:
Avaya has acknowledged a security issue in Vixie Cron included in an
Avaya product, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local
users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA20380

The following product is affected:
* Avaya Messaging Storage Server (version MSS 3.x)

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends that local and network access to the affected
systems should be restricted until an update is available.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-168.htm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20380:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20380/

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