Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in cURL libcurl (CVE-2022-35252)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in cURL libcurl (CVE-2022-35252), caused by a flaw when cookies contain control codes are later sent back to an HTTP(S) server. cURL libcurl is included in the Base OS image used by our Speech Services. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

**CVEID:**CVE-2022-35252 DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when cookies contain control codes are later sent back to an HTTP(S) server. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a “sister site” to deny service to siblings.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234980 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

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| 4.7.1| The fix in 4.7.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.7.0). Version 4.7.1 can be downloaded and installed from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.xttps://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data

Workarounds and Mitigations

None