Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Apache Tomcat.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-23181
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a time of check, time of use flaw when configured to persist sessions using the FileStore. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform actions with the privileges of Tomcat process.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218221 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Watson Discovery | 4.0.0-4.0.9 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.5.0
https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
08 Jun 2022: 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:
28 June 2022
UID
ibm16598701