Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in PostgreSQL

Summary

IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of PostgreSQL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-41946
**DESCRIPTION:**Postgresql JDBC could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by not limit access to created readable files in the TemporaryFolder. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240853 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Watson Discovery

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4.0.0-4.6.0

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.6.2

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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None