Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in urllib3 [CVE-2023-45803]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in urllib3, caused by a flaw with not remove the HTTP request body when an HTTP redirect response using status 303 [ CVE-2023-45803]. urllib3 is used as a component of our Speech runtimes. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45803
**DESCRIPTION:**urllib3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw with not remove the HTTP request body when an HTTP redirect response using status 303. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269079 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.8.4| The fix in 4.8.4 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.8.3). Version 4.8.4 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None