Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a arbitrary code execution in SnakeYaml (CVE-2022-1471)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a arbitrary code execution in SnakeYaml due to an unsafe deserialization in the Constructor class.(CVE-2022-1471). SnakeYaml is included as part of the java microservices in our speech services. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below

Vulnerability Details

**CVEID:**CVE-2022-1471 DESCRIPTION: SnakeYaml could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in the Constructor class. By using a specially-crafted yaml content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/241118 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)|**Version(s)
|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.7| The fix in 4.7 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.6.6). Version 4.7 can be downloaded and installed from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data **

Workarounds and Mitigations

None