Mitel Product Security Advisory OBSO-2407-02

Unify OpenScape 4000 and Unify OpenScape 4000 Manager Command Injection Vulnerability in the Platform Webservice

Advisory ID: OBSO-2407-02

Publish Date: 2024-07-17

Last Updated: 2024-09-25

Revision: 2.0

 

Summary

A command injection vulnerability in the Platform Webservice component of Unify OpenScape 4000 and Unify OpenScape 4000 Manager, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct a command injection attack due to insufficient parameter sanitization. A successful exploit of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the system, with a potential impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.

The vulnerability severity is rated as critical. 

Credit and thanks are extended to Dr. Oliver Matula, Tim Kornhuber and Andreas Wagner of DB Systel GmbH for highlighting this issue and bringing it to our attention.

 

Affected Products

Product statements are related only to supported product versions. Products which have reached End of Support (M44) status are not considered. 

Products confirmed affected

These issues only impact OpenScape 4000 deployment options: Central Host, SoftGates, or Enterprise Gateways.

 

Risk Assessment

CVSS3.1 Base score: 9.8 (Critical)

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

 

Mitigation / Recommended Action

Customers with affected product versions are advised to update the systems with the available fixes. 

Workarounds:

On the Unify OpenScape 4000 Manager V11 and the Unify OpenScape 4000 V10/V11:
  • As recommended in the "OpenScape 4000 V10R1 and Affiliated Products Security Checklist", chapter "7.8 Security Mode Configuration" set the “Restricted access to Platform Portal and SSH of Platform and CSTA” flag
    1. Navigate to Access Management -> Security Mode Configuration -> Application Access.
    2. Activate the mode "Restricted access to Platform Portal and SSH of Platform and CSTA"
    • For connected SoftGates and Enterprise Gateways activate under Gateway Security the mode "Enable Gateway Secure Mode (disables HTTPS and SSH access for IP Gateways)"
       
On the Unify OpenScape 4000 Manager V10:
  • Enable the secure mode on the platform:
    • From the command line interface of the system, run the following command with root privileges:
      • /opt/webservice/scripts/swupdated set_ui_mode 1

Note: To disable secure mode, run the command: /opt/webservice/scripts/swupdated set_ui_mode 0

 

Revision History

Version Date Description
1.0 2024-07-17 Initial release
2.0 2024-09-25 Updated Affected Products and Workarounds sections


Advisory: OBSO-2407-02, status: general release
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