Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in ISC BIND [CVE-2023-50868]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in ISC BIND, caused by an error when preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof. [CVE-2023-50868]. ISC BIND is included as a Base OS package used by our Service Runtimes. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-50868
**DESCRIPTION:**ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof. By flooding the target resolver with queries, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause CPU exhaustion on a DNSSEC-validating resolver.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/282901 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 5.0| The fix in 5.0 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.8.5). Version 5.0 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None