Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to Pallets Werkzeug security bypass and denialof service vulnerabilities( CVE-2023-23934, CVE-2023-25577)

Summary

Potential Pallets Werkzeug security bypass and denial of service vulnerabilities( CVE-2023-23934, CVE-2023-25577) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-23934
**DESCRIPTION:**Pallets Werkzeug could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to set a cookie like =__Host-test=bad for another subdomain.
CVSS Base score: 2.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247553 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-25577
**DESCRIPTION:**Pallets Werkzeug is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when parsing multipart form data with many fields. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247557 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.7.0 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 (v4.7.0 release information)

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None