Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP (CVE-2021-40528)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP due to a flaw in GnuPG Libgcrypt. (CVE-2021-40528). GnuPG Libgcrypt is used as part of the base image included in our service components. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-40528
**DESCRIPTION:**GnuPG Libgcrypt could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the ElGamal implementation. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208744 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

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|The fix in 4.6 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.4). Version 4.6 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;
**

Workarounds and Mitigations

None