Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security restrictions bypass in GNU Libtasn1 [CVE-2021-46848]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security restrictions bypass in GNU Libtasn1 caused by an out-of-bound access flaw in ETYPE_OK. [CVE-2021-46848] GNU Libtasn1 is included as part of the Base OS used by our service images. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-46848
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU Libtasn1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bound access flaw in ETYPE_OK. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240735 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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