Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack in CPAN.pm [CVE-2023-31484]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack in CPAN.pm, caused by improper validation of TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS. [CVE-2023-31484]. CPAN.pm is used as a component of our Speech runtimes. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

**CVEID:**CVE-2023-31484 DESCRIPTION: CPAN.pm is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by improper validation of TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to obtain sensitive information or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253974 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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| 4.8.3| The fix in 4.8.3 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.8.2). Version 4.8.3 can be downloaded and installed from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data

Workarounds and Mitigations

None