Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in OpenSSL (CVE-2022-2097)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in OpenSSL, caused by improper encryption of data by the AES OCB mode for 32-bit x86 platform. (CVE-2022-2097). The Open SSL component is included as part of the Base OS image that is used by Watson Speech Services. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-2097
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper encryption of data by the AES OCB mode for 32-bit x86 platforms using the AES-NI assembly optimised implementation. By sending a specially-crafted 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/230425 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.6.2|The fix in 4.6.2 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.6.1). Version 4.6.2 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None