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Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by incomplete string comparison in NumPy (CVE-2021-34141)

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Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to to a denial of service, caused by incomplete string comparison in the numpy.core component ( CVE-2021-34141). NumPy is used as part of our speech runtime component. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-34141
DESCRIPTION:   NumPy is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by incomplete string comparison in the numpy.core component. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to fail the APIs.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215944 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data4.0.0 - 4.5.0

 




Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)Version(s)
Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data4.5.1The fix in 4.5.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.0). Version 4.5.1 can be downloaded and installed from: 
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.5.x?topic=installing

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

14 Jul 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:
12 January 2023

UID

ibm16610102