Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution in Vim (CVE-2022-1785, CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1927)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to to arbitrary code execution in Vim caused by an out-of-bounds write in function: vim_regsub_both (CVE-2022-1785, CVE-2022-1897) and a buffer over-read in function: utf_ptr2char (CVE-2022-1927). Vim is used as part of the base image included in our service components. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1785
**DESCRIPTION:**Vim could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write in function vim_regsub_both at regexp.c. By opening a specially-crafted file, 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/227016 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-1897
**DESCRIPTION:**Vim could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write in function vim_regsub_both. By persuading a victim to run a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227525 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-1927
**DESCRIPTION:**Vim could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a buffer over-read in function utf_ptr2char. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227562 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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| 4.6|The fix in 4.6 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.4). Version 4.6 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;
**

Workarounds and Mitigations

None