Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure in AWS SDK for Go (CVE-2022-2582)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure in AWS SDK for Go caused by the sending of an unencrypted hash of the plaintext alongside the ciphertext as a metadata field. (CVE-2022-2582). AWS SDK for Go is included as part of the Base OS operators used by our service images. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-2582
**DESCRIPTION:**AWS SDK for Go could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the sending of an unencrypted hash of the plaintext alongside the ciphertext as a metadata field. By using brute-force attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/243454 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

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| 4.6.4| The fix in 4.6.4 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.6.3). Version 4.6.4 can be downloaded and installed from: **
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x?topic=installing&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None