Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC) affects IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2022-21724)

Summary

A vulnerability in PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC) affects IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2022-21724). Please see the details below on how to remediate this issue.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-21724
**DESCRIPTION:**PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC) could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unchecked class instantiation when providing plugin classes. By sending a specially-crafted request using the “authenticationPluginClassName”, “sslhostnameverifier”, “socketFactory”, “sslfactory”, “sslpasswordcallback” classes, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218798 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Please update to version 4.0.8 of IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. This version is available here:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=overview-whats-new&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None