Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in logback-classic affects IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2021-42550)

Summary

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in logback-classic affects IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2021-42550). Please see below for details on how to remediate this issue.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-42550
**DESCRIPTION:**Logback could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. By using a specially-crafted configuration, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers.
CVSS Base score: 6.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215533 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Please update to version 4.0.8 of IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. This version is available here:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=overview-whats-new&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None