Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to Apache UIMA directory transversal vulnerability( CVE-2022-32287)

Summary

Potential Apache UIMA directory transversal vulnerability( CVE-2022-32287) 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-2022-32287
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache UIMA could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of user supplied input in a FileUtil class used by the PEAR management component. An attacker could use a specially-crafted archive file containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to create files outside the designated target directory using carefully crafted ZIP entry names.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239434 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

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