Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to less atarbitrary command execution vulnerability [CVE-2024-32487]

2024-08-0621:28:45

www.ibm.com

ibm watson assistant

ibm cloud pak for data

arbitrary command execution

cve-2024-32487

remote attacker

cvss

ibm watson assistant 5.0.1

CVSS3

8.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

Low

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Summary

Potential less atarbitrary command execution vulnerability [CVE-2024-32487] have been identified that could affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-32487
**DESCRIPTION:**less could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By using a newline character in the name of a file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/287666 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Affected Version(s)
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	4.0.0 - 5.0

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v5.0.1 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Product Latest Version	Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.1

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v5.0.1 release information)

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.0.x

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

ibmibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_dataMatch4.0

ibmibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_dataMatch5.0

VendorProductVersionCPE
ibmibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data4.0cpe:2.3:a:ibm:ibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibmibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data5.0cpe:2.3:a:ibm:ibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
ibm	ibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data	4.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:ibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data:4.0:::::::*
ibm	ibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data	5.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:ibm_watson_assistant_cartridge_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data:5.0:::::::*