Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in GNU Tar, caused by a NULL point dereference in the pax_decode_header in sparse.c (CVE-2019-9923). A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash. GNU Tar is included in some of the operators used in IBM Watson Speech. Please read the details for remediation below.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-9923
DESCRIPTION: GNU Tar is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL point dereference in the pax_decode_header in sparse.c. By persuading a victim to run a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158908 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 Data | 4.0.0 - 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 Data | 4.5.1 | The 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
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
Initial Publish date:
14 July 2022
UID
ibm16610238