Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security bypass in GNU gzip (CVE-2022-1271)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security bypass in GNU gzip due to an improper validation of file name by the zgrep utility. (CVE-2022-1271) . The GNU gzip component is included as part of the Base OS image that is used by Watson Speech Services. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1271
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU gzip could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of file name by the zgrep utility. By using a specially-crafted file name, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223754 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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| 4.6.2|**The fix in 4.6.2 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.6.1). Version 4.6.2 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x&gt;
**

Workarounds and Mitigations

None