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

Security Bulletin


Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39139
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208108 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39148
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208116 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39152
DESCRIPTION:   XStream is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack to request data from internal resources.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208120 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39151
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208119 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39150
DESCRIPTION:   XStream is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack to request data from internal resources.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208118 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39140
DESCRIPTION:   XStream is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allocate 100% CPU time on the target system, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208110 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39153
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208121 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39144
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208112 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39145
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208113 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39149
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208117 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29505
DESCRIPTION:   XStream XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper input validation. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/202795 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-2021-39154
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208122 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39146
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208114 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39141
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208111 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39147
DESCRIPTION:   XStream could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw. By manipulating the processed input stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208115 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Watson Discovery4.0.0
Watson Discovery2.0.0-2.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.0.2

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 2.2.1 and apply cpd-watson-discovery-2.2.1-patch-4

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

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/available-patches-watson-discovery-ibm-cloud-pak-data

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

15 Sep 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:
01 October 2021

UID

ibm16492209