Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Apache Hadoop.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-25642
DESCRIPTION: Apache Hadoop could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw when ZKConfigurationStore is used. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as YARN user on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234465 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Watson Discovery | 4.0.0-4.5.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.5.3
https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
09 Sep 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:
13 October 2022
UID
ibm16620911