Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution in MS Visual Studio (CVE-2022-24765).

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to vulnerable to arbitrary code execution in MS Visual Studio, caused by an uncontrolled search for the Git directory in Git (CVE-2022-24765). Git for Visual Studio is used in the base operating system of IBM Watson Speech. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-24765
**DESCRIPTION:**Microsoft Visual Studio could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an uncontrolled search for the Git directory in Git. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223010 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM 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| 4.5.1| The fix in 4.5.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.0). Version 4.5.1 can be downloaded and installed from:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.5.x?topic=installing

Workarounds and Mitigations

None