Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) arbitrary code execution vulnerability( CVE-2023-0767)

Summary

Potential Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) arbitrary code execution vulnerability( CVE-2023-0767) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-0767
**DESCRIPTION:**Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox, could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an arbitrary memory write. By constructing a PKCS 12 cert bundle in such a way, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes to allow for arbitrary memory writes and execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247260 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.7.0 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v4.7.0 release information)

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None