Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java [CVE-2024-29857]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service in Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java, caused by improper input validation [CVE-2024-29857]. Bouncy Castle Crypto Package is used as a component of our Speech Java Microservices. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-29857
**DESCRIPTION:**The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause excessive CPU consumption.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290285 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 5.0.1| The fix in 5.0.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-5.0.0). Version 5.0.1 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None