Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in Vim (CVE-2022-1621)

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in Vim (CVE-2022-1621) caused by improper bounds checking in the vim_strncpy find_word component. Vim is used as part of the base image included in our service components. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1621
**DESCRIPTION:**Vim is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by vim_strncpy find_word. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226099 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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|The fix in 4.6 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.4). Version 4.6 can be downloaded and installed from:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;
**

Workarounds and Mitigations

None