Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to an information exposure in Apache Tomcat (CVE-2023-28708)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to an information exposure in Apache Tomcat due to the missing of secure attribute in some configurations for JSESSIONID Cookie (CVE-2023-28708). Apache Tomca is included as part of the java microservices in our speech services. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-28708
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the missing of secure attribute in some configurations for JSESSIONID Cookie when using the RemoteIpFilter. By sniffing the network traffic, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain session cookie information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/250740 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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| 4.7| The fix in 4.7 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.6.6). Version 4.7 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt; **

Workarounds and Mitigations

None