Security Bulletin: Possible remote code execution vulnerability in Watson Knowledge Catalog for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Summary

There is a possible remote code execution vulnerability in the Watson Knowledge Catalog for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Apache Solr service. This vulnerability has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-17558
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Solr could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. By providing a Velocity template through the VelocityResponseWriter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/173628 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Install wkc-patch-3.0.0.4 for IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Contact IBM support for more details.

Workarounds and Mitigations

The Watson Knowledge Catalog for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Apache Solr service is not exposed outside of the IBM Cloud Pak for Data cluster. The attacker must penetrate the cluster before this can be exploited.

The remote code execution is also limited to the Solr service container.