Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in GNOME libxml2 (CVE-2016-3709)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in GNOME libxml2 caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the KippoInput.class.php script. (CVE-2016-3709). GNOME libxml2 is included as part of the Base OS used by our service images. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2016-3709
**DESCRIPTION:**GNOME libxml2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the KippoInput.class.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the $file_link parameter to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/232446 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/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| 4.6.4| The fix in 4.6.4 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.6.3). Version 4.6.4 can be downloaded and installed from: **
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x?topic=installing&gt;
**

Workarounds and Mitigations

None