Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability exists in the Bouncy Castle version used by IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator. Bouncy Castle upgrade to version 1.69 which resolves these vulnerabilities, is available on IBM Fix Central.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-15522
DESCRIPTION: Bouncy Castle BC Java, BC C# .NET, BC-FJA, BC-FNA could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing issue within the EC math library. By utilize cryptographic attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the private key information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/202188 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator | 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.2.x, 2.3.0, 2.3.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
For 2.x.x version, Fixed in IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator 2.3.1, please reference the upgrade section in https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/3.5.0?topic=accelerator-upgrading-watson-machine-learning
For 1.x.x version,
Download IBM interim fix dli-1.2.3-build600543-wmla from the following location http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/.
Follow the instructions in the downloaded README file to apply the IBM interim fix dli-1.2.3-build600543-wmla to the IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator version 1.2.3.
Note:
For IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator version 1.2.1 and 1.2.2, follow the IBM Docs https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/wmla to upgrade to version 1.2.3, then apply the IBM interim fix dli-1.2.3-build600543-wmla.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
31 Aug 2021: 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:
14 September 2021
UID
ibm16485147