Security Bulletin: Watson Machine Learning Accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data Version is affected by multiple vulnerabilties

Summary

Mutiple open source vulnerabilties affects Watson Machine Learning Accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data Version 2.3.3 and have been addressed in version 2.3.4.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-23566
**DESCRIPTION:**Nanoid could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the valueOf() function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217348 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2018-25031
**DESCRIPTION:**swagger-ui could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217346 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-23337
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js lodash module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a command injection flaw in the template. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196797 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2018-16487
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js lodash module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject properties onto Object.prototype to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156530 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2020-8203
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js lodash module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a prototype pollution attack. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the merge, mergeWith, and defaultsDeep functions to inject properties onto Object.prototype to crash the server and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183560 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2019-10744
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js lodash module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By sending a specially-crafted request using a constructor payload, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject properties onto Object.prototype to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167415 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2019-1010266
**DESCRIPTION:**Lodash is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by uncontrolled resource consumption in Date handler. By sending an overly long string, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to stop responding.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168402 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2018-3721
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js lodash module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the defaultsDeep, 'merge, and mergeWith functions. By modifing the prototype of Object, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to add or modify existing property that will exist on all objects.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144603 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-3807
**DESCRIPTION:**Chalk ansi-regex module for Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw. By sending a specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209596 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-23343
**DESCRIPTION:**path-parse is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted request via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe, and splitPathRe regular expressions, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201206 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15366
**DESCRIPTION:**Ajv (aka Another JSON Schema Validator) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw in the ajv.validate function. By sending a specially-crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185626 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2021-46708
**DESCRIPTION:**npm swagger-ui-dist could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim’s click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217359 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

To address the vulnerability:

Upgrade Watson Machine Learning Accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data to the version 2.3.4 by following the end user document <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=learning-upgrading-watson-machine-version-40&gt;

It is strongly recommended to upgrade to the latest version.

To upgrade to the latest version, follow the end user document <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x?topic=upgrading&gt;.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None