Security Bulletin
Summary
Watson Machine Learning Community Edition docker containers have been updated to fix a security issue in libcurl. Users should repull the docker containers from dockerhub.com or issue an in-container update.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-8231
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the improper handling of the CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option. The raw data is sent over that connection to the wrong destination. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186954 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Machine Learning Community Edition | 1.6.2 |
| IBM Watson Machine Learning Community Edition | 1.7.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Users should re-pull containers from dockerhub. There are numerous tagged releases, but for example a pull of the base container would be:
docker pull ibmcom/powerai:1.7.0-base-ubuntu18.04-py36-ppc64le-21.035
Alternatively, users can issue:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
04 Feb 2021: 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:
04 February 2021
UID
ibm16412499