Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in tar-6.1.11.tgz

Summary

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of tar-6.1.11.tgz

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-28863
**DESCRIPTION:**isaacs node-tar is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the lack of folders count validation. By sending a specially crafted request, an remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286169 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 5.0.1

<https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None