Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Python cryptography, an open source software. The vulnerability is difficult to expolit since it is an internal component protected from direct access.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-36242
DESCRIPTION: Cryptography could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow and a buffer overflow. By using certain sequences of update calls to symmetrically encrypt multi-GB values, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196426 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Watson Discovery | 4.0.0 |
| Watson Discovery | 2.0.0-2.2.1 |
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
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
ibm16492741