Security Bulletin
Summary
Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities, listed below, affect IBM Watson Text to Speech and Speech to Text (IBM Watson Speech Services for Cloud Pak for Data 1.2)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-13943
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when HTTP/2 client exceeded the agreed maximum number of concurrent streams for a connection. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to see the responses for unexpected resources, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189643 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Speech Services for Cloud Pak for Data | 1.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
Download and install the newest deployment of IBM Watson Speech Services for Cloud Pak for Data 1.2 to your cluster. This deployment includes Tomcat v9.0.38, or higher, which contains the latest fixes for the issues described above.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
16 Dec 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:
16 December 2020
UID
ibm16383066