Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Watson NLP and WebSphere Liberty may affect IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

Summary

Python is used by IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak as part of Watson NLP and WebSphere Liberty. (CVE-2022-48565). GNU gdb is used by IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak as part of WebSphere Liberty and base container images. (CVE-2023-39129).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-48565
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the plistlib module. By using a specially crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264547 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-39129
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU gdb is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap use-after-free flaw in the add_pe_exported_sym function in /gdb/coff-pe-read.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/261649 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

| 23.0.0 - 23.0.10| Update to 23.0.11 or higher using the following instructions.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.