Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of PostgreSQL.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-1720
DESCRIPTION: PostgreSQL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper authorization validation by the ALTER … DEPENDS ON EXTENSION sub-commands. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to drop any function, procedure, materialized view, index, or trigger under certain conditions.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176286 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| ICP - Discovery | 2.0.0-2.1.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 2.1.3
https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
10 Jun 2020: 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:
19 June 2020
UID
ibm16228082