Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security restrictions bypass in Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java [CVE-2024-34447]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security restrictions bypass in Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java, caused by a flaw when endpoint identification is enabled in the BCJSSE and an SSL socket is created without an explicit hostname [CVE-2024-34447]. Bouncy Castle Crypto Package is used as a component of our Speech Java Microservices. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-34447
**DESCRIPTION:**The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw when endpoint identification is enabled in the BCJSSE and an SSL socket is created without an explicit hostname. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform DNS poisoning attack.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/289933 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 5.0.1| The fix in 5.0.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-5.0.0). Version 5.0.1 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None