Security Bulletin
Summary
A Redhat glibc Vulnerability affecting Watson Speech Services has been fixed in the latest version of IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.3
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-35942
DESCRIPTION: GNU C Library (aka glibc) could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when called with an untrusted, crafted pattern in thewordexp function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain read arbitrary memory in parse_param (in posix/wordexp.c), or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206317 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 4.0.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
Download and install the newest deployment of IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data to your ICP cluster. This deployment contains an upgrade containing the fix for this issue.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
07 Dec 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:
12 January 2023
UID
ibm16524340