Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in Perl HTTP [CVE-2023-31486]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in Perl HTTP Tiny module, caused by the failure to verify TLS certificates by default and requiring users to opt in to verify certificates [CVE-2023-31486]. Perl HTTP is used as a component of our Speech runtimes. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-31486
**DESCRIPTION:**Perl HTTP::Tiny module could provide weaker than expected security, caused by the failure to verify TLS certificates by default and requiring users to opt in to verify certificates. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253358 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

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