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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Perl affects IBM watsonx.data

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Summary

Perl is vulnerable to buffer overflow issues. CVE-2020-10543: This vulnerability is identified in 32 bit, but watsonx.data is deployd in 64 bit platform. Hence watsonx.data is not affected. CVE-2020-10878, CVE-2020-12723: If user supplied string and it is used in a regex in our code, this will cause instruction injection if IBM watsonx.data is not upgraded.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-10543
DESCRIPTION:   Perl is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in the nested regular expression quantifiers. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183203 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-10878
DESCRIPTION:   Perl could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow related to the mishandling of a PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING situation. By using a specially-crafted regular expression, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183204 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-12723
DESCRIPTION:   Perl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in regcomp.c. By using a specially crafted regular expression, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183205 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

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
watsonx.data1.0.0 - 1.1.3

Remediation/Fixes

The product needs to be installed or upgraded to the latest available level watsonx.data 2.0.2 or watsonx.data on CPD 5.0.2.  Installation/upgrade instructions can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watsonxdata/2.0.x?topic=deployment-installing

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

18 Sep 2024: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
18 September 2024

UID

ibm17168836