Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in OpenSSL (CVE-2022-4304)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to information exposure in OpenSSL, caused by a timing-based side channel in the RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304). OpenSSL is included in the Base OS image used by our Speech Services… This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-4304
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing-based side channel in the RSA Decryption implementation. By sending an overly large number of trial messages for decryption, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246612 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.7.1| The fix in 4.7.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.7.0). Version 4.7.1 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x&gt;[ttps://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data](&lt;https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x&gt;)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None