Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to multible go-git vulnerabilities.

Summary

Potential go-git vulnerabilities [CVE-2023-49568, CVE-2023-49569] have been identified that could affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-49568
**DESCRIPTION:**go-git is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted responses from a Git server, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger resource exhaustion in go-git clients, and results in a denial of service conditoin.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279389 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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-49569
**DESCRIPTION:**go-git could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. By sending a specially crafted request using the ChrootOS <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs#ChrootOS&gt;, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create and amend files across the filesystem and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279932 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

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v5.0.1 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v5.0.1 release information)

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.0.x

Workarounds and Mitigations

None