Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in ISC BIND affects IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2021-25216). Please see the details below on how to update this issue.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-25216
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the SPNEGO implementation. By setting values for the tkey-gssapi-keytab or tkey-gssapi-credential configuration options, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200935 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 4.0.0 - 4.0.7 |
Remediation/Fixes
Please update to version 4.0.8 of IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. This version is available here:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=overview-whats-new
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
25 Apr 2022: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
12 January 2023
UID
ibm16575503