Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure in Apple macOS Big Sur [CVE-2023-32360]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure in Apple macOS Big Sur, caused by an authentication issue in the CUPS component [CVE-2023-32360]. Some of the libraries used by our Speech microservices are affected by this issue. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-32360
**DESCRIPTION:**Apple macOS Big Sur could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an authentication issue in the CUPS component. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain recently printed documents and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255788 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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| 4.8| The fix in 4.8 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.7.4). Version 4.8 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None