Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution in Gnome libxml2 (CVE-2022-40303)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution in Gnome libxml2 caused by an integer overflow in the XML_PARSE_HUGE function (CVE-2022-40303). Gnome libxml2 is included as part of the Base OS used by our service images. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-40303
**DESCRIPTION:**Gnome libxml2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the XML_PARSE_HUGE function. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238602 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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