Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities exist in Watson Explorer (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)

Summary

IBM Watson Explorer has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-35517
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocating large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress’ tar package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-36090
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress’ zip package.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310 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

IBM Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition oneWEX Components|

12.0.0.0, 12.0.0.1

12.0.1,

12.0.2.0 - 12.0.2.2,

12.0.3.0 - 12.0.3.6

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IBM Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition Analytical Components|

12.0.0.0,

12.0.1,

12.0.2.0 - 12.0.2.2,

12.0.3.0 - 12.0.3.6

IBM Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition Foundational Components Annotation Administration Console|

12.0.0.0,

12.0.1,

12.0.2.0 - 12.0.2.2,

12.0.3.0 - 12.0.3.6

IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Components| 11.0.0.3,
11.0.1,
11.0.2.0 - 11.0.2.10
IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Components Annotation Administration Console| 11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.3,
11.0.1,
11.0.2.0 - 11.0.2.10

Remediation/Fixes

12.0.0.0, 12.0.0.1

12.0.1,

12.0.2.0 - 12.0.2.2,

12.0.3.0 - 12.0.3.6

|

Upgrade to Version 12.0.3.7.

See Watson Explorer Version 12.0.3.7 oneWEX for download information and instructions.

IBM Watson Explorer DAE Analytical Components|

12.0.0.0,

12.0.1,

12.0.2.0 - 12.0.2.2,

12.0.3.0 - 12.0.3.6

|

Upgrade to Version 12.0.3.7.

See Watson Explorer Version 12.0.3.7 Analytical Components for download information and instructions.

IBM Watson Explorer DAE Foundational Components Annotation Administration Console|

12.0.0.0,

12.0.1,

12.0.2.0 - 12.0.2.2,

12.0.3.0 - 12.0.3.6

|

Upgrade to Version 12.0.3.7.

See Watson Explorer Version 12.0.3.7 Foundational Components for download information and instructions.

IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Components| 11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.3,
11.0.1,
11.0.2.0 - 11.0.2.10| Upgrade to Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 11.0.2 Fix Pack 11. For information about this version, and links to the software and release notes, see the download document. For information about upgrading, see the upgrade procedures.
IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Components Annotation Administration Console| 11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.3,
11.0.1,
11.0.2.0 - 11.0.2.10| Upgrade to Watson Explorer Foundational Components Annotation Administration Console Version 11.0.2 Fix Pack 11. For information about this version, and links to the software and release notes, see the download document. For information about upgrading, see the upgrade procedures.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None