Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL affect watsonx.data

Summary

For CVE-2012-1618, when a user-provided input for JDBC statement parameters is not properly escaped, remote attackers can perform injection attacks which can affect watsonx.data. For CVE-2020-13692, the PostgreSQL JDBC Driver could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data. By sending specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. This can affect watsonx.data. For CVE-2022-31197, the PostgreSQL JDBC implementation of the java.sql.ResultRow.refreshRow() method is not performing escaping of column names so a malicious column name that contains a statement terminator could lead to SQL injection. This could affect watsonx.data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2012-1618
**DESCRIPTION:**PostgreSQL is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements JDBC statement parameters, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79531 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2020-13692
**DESCRIPTION:**PostgreSQL JDBC Driver could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data. By sending specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183018 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-31197
**DESCRIPTION:**PostgreSQL is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to PGJDBC implementation of the java.sql.ResultRow.refreshRow() method, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/232820 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The product needs to be installed or upgraded to the latest available level watsonx.data 2.0.2 or watsonx.data on CPD 5.0.2. Installation/upgrade instructions can be found here: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watsonxdata/2.0.x?topic=deployment-installing&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None