Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in python-requests [CVE-2023-32681]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure in python-requests, caused by the leaking of Proxy-Authorization headers to destination servers during redirects to an HTTPS origin CVE-2023-32681. python-requests is used as a...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in urllib3 [CVE-2023-45803]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in urllib3, caused by a flaw with not remove the HTTP request body when an HTTP redirect response using status 303 CVE-2023-45803. urllib3 is used as a component of our Speech runtimes...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is affected by information exposure in urllib3 [CVE-2023-43804]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is affected by potential sensitive information exposure in urllib3, caused by a flaw with cookie request header not stripped during cross-origin redirects. CVE-2023-43804. urllib3 is used as a component of our Speech runtimes...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security bypass in Open Container Initiative runc [CVE-2024-21626]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security bypass in Open Container Initiative runc, caused by an internal file descriptor leak CVE-2024-21626. Open Container Initiative runc is part of the gcc utils used by our service runtimes. This...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in rsyslog [ CVE-2022-24903]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in rsyslog, caused by improper bounds checking by the TCP syslog server receiver components CVE-2022-24903. Rsyslog is used as a component of our Speech runtimes. This...

CVE-2023-32359

A flaw was found in webkitgtk where a user’s password may be read aloud by a text-to-speech accessibility feature...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Base OS issues

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Base OS issues. We have updated the base image used by our Speech Services and the following vulnerabilities have been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below. Vulnerability Details...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Operator package issues

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Operator package issues. IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data has migrated to a new base image for the Operators used by our Speech Services. The following vulnerabilities...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a machine-in-the-middle attack in OpenSSH [CVE-2023-48795]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a machine-in-the-middle attack in OpenSSH, caused by a flaw in the extension negotiation process in the SSH transport protocol when used with certain OpenSSH extensions CVE-2023-48795. OpenSSH is included as ...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in go-jose [GHSA-2c7c-3mj9-8fqh](IBM X-Force ID: 273242)

Summary Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in go-jose, caused by a "billion hashes attack" when decrypting JWE inputs GHSA-2c7c-3mj9-8fqh IBM X-Force ID: 273242. Go-jose is included as a component of operators us...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to CRLF injection in Python urllib3 [CVE-2020-26137]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to CRLF injection in Python urllib3, by an attacker's ability to insert CR and LF control characters in the first argument of putrequest CVE-2020-26137. Python urllib3 is included as a component of our Speech...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security restrictions bypass in Rsync [CVE-2022-29154]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security restrictions bypass in Rsync, caused by improper validation of file names CVE-2022-29154. Rsync is used as a component of our Speech runtimes. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read th...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack in CPAN.pm [CVE-2023-31484]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack in CPAN.pm, caused by improper validation of TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS. CVE-2023-31484. CPAN.pm is used as a component of our Speech runtimes. This...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in Perl HTTP [CVE-2023-31486]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in Perl HTTP Tiny module, caused by the failure to verify TLS certificates by default and requiring users to opt in to verify certificates CVE-2023-31486. Perl HTTP is used as a component ...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at the Munich Security Conference MSC 2024 in Munich, Germany, on Friday, February 16, 2024. I’m giving a keynote on “AI and Trust” at Generative AI, Free Speech, & Public Discourse. The symposium will be held at...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Operator package issues

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Operator package issues. IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data has migrated to a new base image for the Operators used by our Speech Services. The following vulnerabilities...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Base OS issues

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multiple Base OS issues. We have updated the base image used by our Speech Services and the following vulnerabilities have been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below. Vulnerability Details...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in RabbitMQ Java Client [CVE-2023-46120]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in RabbitMQ Java Client, caused by no message size limit in maxBodyLebgth. CVE-2023-46120. RabbitMQ is a database used in one of our Speech microservices. This vulnerabilitiy has been...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a sensitive information exposure in Apache Tomcat [CVE-2023-42795]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a sensitive information exposure in Apache Tomcat, caused by an incomplete Cleanup vulnerability when recycling various internal objects CVE-2023-42795. Apache Tomcat is used as a component of our Speech...

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to phishing attacks in Apache Tomcat [CVE-2023-41080]

Summary IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to phishing attacks in Apache Tomcat, caused by an open redirect vulnerability in the FORM authentication feature CVE-2023-41080. Apache Tomcat is used as a component of our Speech microservices. This...