Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information disclosure in Kubernetes [CVE-2021-25740]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information disclosure in Kubernetes, caused by a confused deputy attack. [CVE-2021-25740]. Kubernetes is included as part of the utilities used by our Speech Services. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-25740
**DESCRIPTION:**Kubernetes could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a confused deputy attack. By sending a specially-crafted request to create or edit Endpoints or EndpointSlices in the Kubernetes API, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain backend IPs information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205570 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.8.5| The fix in 4.8.5 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.8.4). Version 4.8.5 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None