Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Apache Spark.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-9480
DESCRIPTION: Apache Spark could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw when authentication is enabled on standalone master. By sending a specially-crafted RPC to the master, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shell commands on the host machine.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183858 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| ICP - Discovery | 2.0.0-2.1.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 2.1.4
https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
26 Aug 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:
29 August 2020
UID
ibm16323691