CVE-2008-3778: Avaya Communication Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The remote management interface in SIP Enablement Services (SES) Server in Avaya SIP Enablement Services 5.0, and Communication Manager (CM) 5.0 on the S8300C with SES enabled, proceeds with Core router updates even when a login is invalid, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (messaging outage) or gain privileges via an update request.

Affected products

  • Avaya Communication Manager: version 5.0 only
  • Avaya SIP Enablement Services: version 5.0 only

Published 2008-08-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.