Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution in Golang Go [CVE-2023-29402]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution in Golang Go, caused by the generation of unexpected code at build time when using cgo [CVE-2023-29402]. Golang Go is included as part of the operators used by our Speech Services. This vulnerability has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-29402
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the generation of unexpected code at build time when using cgo. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257652 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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| 4.7.3| The fix in 4.7.3 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.7.2). Version 4.7.3 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None