Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in cryptography

Summary

IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of cryptography.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-23931
**DESCRIPTION:**PyPI cryptography package could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a memory corruption in Cipher.update_into. By passing an immutable python object as the outbuf, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and obtain access.
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246738 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.6.5

<https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None