Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in NumPy. (CVE-2021-33430). This appears in the Python code used by some of our service components. Please read the details for remediation below.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-33430
DESCRIPTION: NumPy is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in PyArray_NewFromDescr_int of ctors.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215945 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 4.0.0 - 4.0.8 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product(s) | Version(s) | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 4.0.9 | The fix in 4.0.9 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.0.8). Version 4.0.9 can be downloaded and installed from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=installing-cloud-pak-data |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
12 May 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
ibm16592841