Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache ZooKeeper affect IBM watsonx.data

Summary

Apache ZooKeeper could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information or allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. These can affect IBM watsonx.data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-23944
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache ZooKeeper could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in persistent watchers handling. By attaching a persistent watcher to a parent, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information of the full path of znodes, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285579 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-44981
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache ZooKeeper could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw when SASL Quorum Peer authentication is enabled. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authorization and allow arbitrary endpoints to join the cluster and begin propagating counterfeit changes.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268362 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The product needs to be installed or upgraded to the latest available level watsonx.data 2.0.3 or watsonx.data on CPD 5.0.3. Installation/upgrade instructions can be found here: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watsonxdata/2.0.x?topic=deployment-installing.&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None