Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in PostgreSQL

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of PostgreSQL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-14349
DESCRIPTION: PostgreSQL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary command on the system, caused by improper sanitization of search_path during logical replication. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary SQL command in the context of the user used for replication.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187185 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2020-14350
DESCRIPTION: PostgreSQL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to use search_path safely in their installation script. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary script.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187183 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
ICP - Discovery	2.0.0-2.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 2.2.0

https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

02 Nov 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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Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in PostgreSQL