Security Bulletin: Watson Explorer is affected by an Apache Zookeeper vulnerability (CVE-2019-0201)

Summary

IBM Watson Explorer has addressed the following vulnerability in Apache ZooKeeper.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-0201
DESCRIPTION: Apache ZooKeeper could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to check permissions by the getACL() command. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161303&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The vulnerability applies to the following products and versions:

Affected Product

| Affected Versions
—|—
IBM Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition Foundational Components |

12.0.0,
12.0.1,

12.0.2.0 - 12.0.2.2

IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Components | 11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.3,
11.0.1,
11.0.2.0 - 11.0.2.5
IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Components | 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

Follow these steps to upgrade to the required version of ZooKeeper.

12.0.0,

12.0.1,

12.0.2 - 12.0.2.2

|

Upgrade to Version 12.0.3.

See Watson Explorer Version 12.0.3 Foundational Components for download information and instructions.

IBM Watson Explorer
Foundational Components | 11.0 - 11.0.0.3,
11.0.1,
11.0.2 - 11.0.2.5 |

Apply Zookeeper Version 3.4.14 to the Watson Explorer environment.

1. If you have not already installed, install Watson Explorer Version 11.0.2.5. See Watson Explorer Version 11.0.2.5 Foundational Components for download information and instructions.

2. Download the zookeeper-3.4.14.tar.gz package from the following location: http://archive.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.4.14/ .

3. Follow the steps in Updating Apache ZooKeeper to apply the fix for Watson Explorer Version 11.0.2.5.

IBM Watson Explorer
Foundational Components | 10.0 - 10.0.0.6
|

Apply Zookeeper Version 3.4.14 to the Watson Explorer environment.

1. If you have not already installed, install Watson Explorer Version 10.0.0.6. See Watson Explorer Version 10.0.0.6 Foundational Components for download information and instructions.

2. Download the zookeeper-3.4.14.tar.gz package from the following location: http://archive.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.4.14/ .

3. Follow the steps in Updating Apache ZooKeeper to apply the fix for Watson Explorer Version 10.0.0.6.