Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Operator package issues

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Operator package issues. We have performed updates to the Operators used by our Speech Services. The following vulnerability has been addressed in this update. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-3572
**DESCRIPTION:**pip package for python could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of Unicode separators in git references. By creating a specially crafted tag, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to install a different revision on a repository.
CVSS Base score: 4.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208954 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-2398
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak when allowing HTTP/2 server push. By sending a specially crafted PUSH_PROMISE frames with an excessive amount of headers, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286430 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-37370
**DESCRIPTION:**MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access control. By sending a specially crafted request to modify the plaintext Extra Count field of a confidential GSS krb5 wrap token, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the unwrapped token to appear truncated to the application.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/296012 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-37371
**DESCRIPTION:**MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an invalid memory reads during GSS message token handling. By sending specially crafted message tokens, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/296013 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-6345
**DESCRIPTION:**pypa/setuptools could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the package_index module. By persuading a victim to click a specially crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using its download functions to inject and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/298014 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-6923
**DESCRIPTION:**Python CPython is vulnerable to email header injection, caused by the failure to properly quote newlines for email headers when serializing an email message. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted email, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof sender identity, gain unauthorized email sending or loss of control over email communication.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/350317 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

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Workarounds and Mitigations

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