Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities in Node.js ( CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-45143 )

Summary

Potential vulnerabilities in Node.js related to the VM component ( CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-45143 ) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The vulnerability has been addressed. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-44487
**DESCRIPTION:**Multiple vendors are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in handling multiplexed streams in the HTTP/2 protocol. By sending numerous HTTP/2 requests and RST_STREAM frames over multiple streams, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service due to server resource consumption.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268044 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-45143
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js undici module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to clear cookie header on cross-origin redirect in fetch. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain cookie header information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 3.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268649 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v5.0 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v5.0 release information)

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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None