Security Bulletin: IBM Decision Optimization in IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to OpenSSL denial of service (Cryptography package)

Summary

There is a potential OpenSSL denial of service vulnerability in IBM Decision Optimization in IBM Cloud Pak for Data. IBM Decision Optimization in IBM Cloud Pak for Data has addressed the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-0286
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a type confusion error related to X.400 address processing inside an X.509 GeneralName. By passing arbitrary pointers to a memcmp call, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read memory contents or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246611 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests to upgrade to IBM Decision Optimization in IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.7 or higher, using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x?topic=upgrading-from-cloud-pak-data-version-46&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None