Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to Mozilla Firefox arbitrary code execution vulnerability [CVE-2024-4367]

Summary

Potential Mozilla Firefox arbitrary code execution vulnerability [CVE-2024-4367] have been identified that may 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-2024-4367
**DESCRIPTION:**Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a missing type check when handling fonts in PDF.js. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290483 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)

Affected Products and Versions

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.

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