Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud Pak for Data 4.6.5 has addressed a security vulnerability

Summary

IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud Pak for Data 4.6.5 has addressed a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-0185
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer underflow in the legacy_parse_param function in fs/fs_context.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217455 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None