Security Bulletin: OpenSSL vulnerabilities affect IBM Watson Text to Speech and Speech to Text (IBM Watson Speech Services for Cloud Pak for Data 1.2)

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities, listed below, affect IBM Watson Text to Speech and Speech to Text (IBM Watson Speech Services for Cloud Pak for Data 1.2)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-1551
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an overflow in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli. By performing a man-in-the-middle attack, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172752 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Download and install the newest deployment of IBM Watson Speech Services for Cloud Pak for Data 1.2 to your cluster. This deployment includes the OpenSSL fix included in the latest version of IBM WebSphere Liberty.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None