Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Airlift aircompressor affects watsonx.data

Summary

Airlift aircompressor could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read/write flaw in the decompressor implementations. This can affect watsonx.data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-36114
**DESCRIPTION:**airlift aircompressor could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read/write flaw in the decompressor implementations. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information and crash the JVM.
CVSS Base score: 8.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/292728 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The product needs to be installed or upgraded to the latest available level watsonx.data 2.0.2 or watsonx.data on CPD 5.0.2. 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