Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure in Kubernetes [CVE-2020-8565]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure in Kubernetes, caused by a flaw when kube-apiserver is using logLevel >= 9 [CVE-2020-8565]. Kubernetes is included in the Speech utilities used by our service. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8565
**DESCRIPTION:**Kubernetes could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when kube-apiserver is using logLevel >= 9. By gaining access to the log files, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the Kubernetes authorization tokens information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189925 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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| 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