Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Data Scheduling is vulnerable to machine-in-the-middle due to golang.org/x/crypto ( CVE-2023-48795 )

Summary

Golang.org/x/crypto is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Data Scheduling as part of the scheduler binaries . CVE-2023-48795.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-48795
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSH is vulnerable to a machine-in-the-middle attack, caused by a flaw in the extension negotiation process in the SSH transport protocol when used with certain OpenSSH extensions. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a machine-in-the-middle attack and strip an arbitrary number of messages after the initial key exchange, breaking SSH extension negotiation and downgrading the client connection security.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/275282 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Products/Versions guidance:

Affected Product(s)|**Version(s)
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IBM Cloud Pak for Data Scheduling| 4.6.4 - 4.8.2

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation/Fixes guidance:

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Note: IBM Cloud Pak for Data Scheduling is bundled with IBM Cloud Pak for Data to provide advanced scheduling

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workarounds/Mitigation guidance:

None