Security Bulletin: IBM Watson CP4D Data Stores is vulnerable to a denial of service ( CVE-2023-27540)

Summary

Potential denial of service vulnerability in IBM Watson CP4D Data Stores (CVE-2023-27540) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson CP4D Data Stores Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-27540
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Watson CP4D Data Stores does not properly allocate resources without limits or throttling which could allow a remote attacker with information specific to the system to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/248924 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.7.0 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v4.7.0 release information)

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None