Security Bulletin
Summary
Potential vulnerability in glibc has been identified that affects IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component. The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2024-2961
DESCRIPTION: The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.
CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-33599
DESCRIPTION: nscd: Stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache
If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) fixed size cache is exhausted
by client requests then a subsequent client request for netgroup data
may result in a stack-based buffer overflow. This flaw was introduced
in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd.
This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.
CWE: CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.6
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-33600
DESCRIPTION: nscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response
If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) cache fails to add a not-found
netgroup response to the cache, the client request can result in a null
pointer dereference. This flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the
cache was added to nscd.
This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.
CWE: CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
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-2024-33601
DESCRIPTION: nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure
The Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache uses xmalloc or
xrealloc and these functions may terminate the process due to a memory
allocation failure resulting in a denial of service to the clients. The
flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd.
This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.
CWE: CWE-617: Reachable Assertion
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2024-33602
DESCRIPTION: nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings
The Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache can corrupt memory
when the NSS callback does not store all strings in the provided buffer.
The flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd.
This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.
CWE: CWE-466: Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge | 4.0 - 5.1.0 |
| IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component. | 5.0 - 5.1.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v5.1.1 or later releases) release of IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.
| Product Latest Version | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge 5.1.1 |
Follow instructions for Installing watsonx Assistant in Link to Release (v5.1.1 release information) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.1.x |
| IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component. |
Upgrade to IBM watsonx Orchestrate with IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge 5.1.1https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/current?topic=installing-watsonx-orchestrate-premises |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
12 Mar 2025: 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 Information
Modified date:
12 March 2025
Initial Publish date:
12 March 2025
UID
ibm17185554