Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in Golang Go (CVE-2022-23772).

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in Golang Go, caused by a buffer overflow in the Rat.SetString function in math/big (CVE-2022-23772). Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to consume large amounts of RAM and cause the application to crash. Golang Go is included in some of the operators used in IBM Watson Speech. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-23772
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in the Rat.SetString function in math/big. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume large amount of RAM and cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219442 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

IBM 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| 4.5.1| The fix in 4.5.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.0). Version 4.5.1 can be downloaded and installed from:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.5.x?topic=installing

Workarounds and Mitigations

None