Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to CRLF injection in Python urllib3 [CVE-2019-11236]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to CRLF injection in Python urllib3, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the request parameter. [CVE-2019-11236]. Python urllib3 is included as a component of our Speech runtimes. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-11236
**DESCRIPTION:**Python urllib3 is vulnerable to CRLF injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the request parameter. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP response containing CRLF character sequences, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159527 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.8.3| The fix in 4.8.3 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.8.2). Version 4.8.3 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None