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Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge v5.1.1 is vulnerable to multiple Operator package issues

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Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge v5.1.1 is vulnerable to multiple Operator package issues.. We have performed updates to the Operators used by our Speech Services. The following vulnerabilities have been addressed in this update. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-12900
DESCRIPTION:   BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.
CWE:   CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
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-2024-11079
DESCRIPTION:   A flaw was found in Ansible-Core. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass unsafe content protections using the hostvars object to reference and execute templated content. This issue can lead to arbitrary code execution if remote data or module outputs are improperly templated within playbooks.
CWE:   CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source:   CVE.org
CVSS Base score:   5.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-11168
DESCRIPTION:   The urllib.parse.urlsplit() and urlparse() functions improperly validated bracketed hosts (`[]`), allowing hosts that weren't IPv6 or IPvFuture. This behavior was not conformant to RFC 3986 and potentially enabled SSRF if a URL is processed by more than one URL parser.
CWE:   CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSS Source:   CISA ADP
CVSS Base score:   3.7
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-4741
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the SSL_free_buffers API function. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CWE:   CWE-416: Use After Free
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)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-50602
DESCRIPTION:   An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser.
CWE:   CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   5.9
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-8775
DESCRIPTION:   A flaw was found in Ansible, where sensitive information stored in Ansible Vault files can be exposed in plaintext during the execution of a playbook. This occurs when using tasks such as include_vars to load vaulted variables without setting the no_log: true parameter, resulting in sensitive data being printed in the playbook output or logs. This can lead to the unintentional disclosure of secrets like passwords or API keys, compromising security and potentially allowing unauthorized access or actions.
CWE:   CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CVSS Source:   CVE.org
CVSS Base score:   5.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-9902
DESCRIPTION:   A flaw was found in Ansible. The ansible-core `user` module can allow an unprivileged user to silently create or replace the contents of any file on any system path and take ownership of it when a privileged user executes the `user` module against the unprivileged user's home directory. If the unprivileged user has traversal permissions on the directory containing the exploited target file, they retain full control over the contents of the file as its owner.
CWE:   CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
CVSS Source:   Red Hat
CVSS Base score:   6.3
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge 4.0.0 - 5.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge 5.1.2

The fix in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge 5.1.2 applies to all 'IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge' versions listed (4.0.0-5.1.1). Version 5.1.2 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

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Acknowledgement

Change History

02 Apr 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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 April 2025

Initial Publish date:
02 April 2025

UID

ibm17229916