Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to data information exposure in cURL libcurl (CVE-2022-27776)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to data information exposure in cURL libcurl ( CVE-2022-27776), which could allow an attacker to obtain authentication or cookie header information. cURL libcurl is used as part of the base image included in our service images. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-27776
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when asked to send custom headers or cookies in its HTTP requests. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain authentication or cookie header data information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225296 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)|**Version(s)
|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.6|The fix in 4.6 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.4). Version 4.6 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;
**

Workarounds and Mitigations

None