Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data v4.8.7 is vulnerable to multiple Base OS issues. We have updated the base image used by our Speech Services and the following vulnerabilities have been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a RecursionError in email.utils.parseaddr #103800. By sending a specially crafted argument, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2023-37920
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified error with the removal of e-Tugra root certificate in Certifi has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CWE: CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2023-6237
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the handling of RSA public keys by the EVP_PKEY_public_check() function. By persuading a victim to sue a specially crafted RSA public keys for verification, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause long delays, and results in a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-606: Unchecked Input for Loop Condition
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2024-1737
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when content is being added or updated in resolver caches and authoritative zone databases that hold significant numbers of RRs for the same hostname (of any RTYPE). By processing queries, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the database to slow down.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-1975
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error if a server hosts a zone containing a "KEY" Resource Record, or a resolver DNSSEC-validates a "KEY" Resource Record from a DNSSEC-signed domain in cache. By sending a stream of SIG(0) signed requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available CPU resources.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-2236
DESCRIPTION: GnuPG Libgcrypt could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing-based side-channel flaw in the RSA implementation. By using Bleichenbacher-style attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CWE: CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-26458
DESCRIPTION: Kerberos 5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in /krb5/src/lib/rpc/pmap_rmt.c. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CWE: CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-26461
DESCRIPTION: Kerberos 5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-26462
DESCRIPTION: Kerberos 5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CWE: CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-34397
DESCRIPTION: GNOME GLib could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by a flaw when a GDBus-based client subscribes to signals from a trusted system service. By sending specially crafted D-Bus signals, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability perform unicast spoofing attacks.
CWE: CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-37891
DESCRIPTION: urllib3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to strip the Proxy-Authorization header during cross-origin redirects. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CWE: CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-4603
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the EVP_PKEY_param_check() or EVP_PKEY_public_check() function. By parsing a specially crafted DSA public key or DSA parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause long delays, and results in a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-606: Unchecked Input for Loop Condition
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2024-48958
DESCRIPTION: execute_filter_delta in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst.
CWE: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CVSS Source: CVE.org
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-5742
DESCRIPTION: GNU Nano could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. By using an insecure temporary file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges through a malicious symlink.
CWE: CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CVSS Source: CVE.org
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-6232
DESCRIPTION: Python CPython is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw when parsing TarFile headers. By using specially crafted tar archives, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.
CWE: CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-8088
DESCRIPTION: Python CPython is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw when iterating over names of entries in a zip archive. By using a specially crafted zip archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CVSS Source: CVE.org
CVSS Base score: 8.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:U/RE:L)
CVEID: CVE-2024-9143
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds memory read or write flaw due to the use of the low-level GF(2^m) elliptic curve APIs with untrusted explicit values for the field polynomial. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause the application to crash.
CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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 | 4.0.0 - 4.8.7 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product(s) | Version(s) | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge | 4.8.8 | The fix in 4.8.8 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.8.7). Version 4.8.8 can be downloaded and installed from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
30 Jan 2025: Initial Publication
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Modified date:
14 April 2025
UID
ibm17182173