Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to weakened security in Python Cryptographic Authority [CVE-2023-38325]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to weakened security in Python Cryptographic Authority, caused by an encoding mismatch regarding critical options with OpenSSH [CVE-2023-38325]. Python Cryptographic Authority is used for cryptography in our our Speech Service runtimes. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-38325
**DESCRIPTION:**Python Cryptographic Authority cryptography could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an encoding mismatch regarding critical options with OpenSSH. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260859 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.8| The fix in 4.8 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.7.4). Version 4.8 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None