Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a code execution vulnerability in Apache Commons Configuration ( CVE-2024-29131)

Summary

Potentialcode execution vulnerability in Apache Commons Configuration ( CVE-2024-29131) 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-2024-29131
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Configuration could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286004 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-29133
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Configuration could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286005 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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