Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities existing in the Nimbus JOSE+JWT version used by IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator 1.2.1. An interim fix that provides instructions on upgrading the Nimbus JOSE+JWT package to version 7.9 which resolves these vulnerabilities, are available on IBM Fix Central.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the throwing of various uncaught exceptions while parsing a JWT. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169514 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator | 1.2.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
| IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator 1.2.1 | dli-1.2.3-build539837-wmla |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
10 Feb 2020: Original Version
*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:
09 September 2020
UID
ibm12116215