Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in Vim (CVE-2022-1629)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a buffer overflow caused by a buffer over-read in the find_next_quote component of Vim (CVE-2022-1629). Vim is used as part of the base image included in our service components. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1629
**DESCRIPTION:**Vim is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by buffer over-read in find_next_quote. By opening a specially-crafted file, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226323 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)

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| 4.6|The fix in 4.6 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.4). Version 4.6 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;
**

Workarounds and Mitigations

None