IBM6BFF2F7D47BEB5AAD519E86E0FF790AFC72EDB0265341A03D475E407CEF9931BSecurity Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in Perl (CVE-2020-10543)
8.2 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.6%
Summary
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in Perl, caused by an integer overflow in the nested regular expression quantifiers. (CVE-2020-10543). Perl is included as part of the base OS used by our service components. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2020-10543
**DESCRIPTION:**Perl is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in the nested regular expression quantifiers. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183203 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 4.0.0 - 4.6.4 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 4.6.5 | The fix in 4.6.5 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.6.4). Version 4.6.5 can be downloaded and installed from: ** |
| <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x?topic=installing> | ||
| ** |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm speech to text for ibm cloud | eq | 4.0.0 | |
| ibm speech to text for ibm cloud | eq | 4.6.4 |
Related
8.2 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.6%