Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation with Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22950).

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation in VMware Tanzu Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22950). This appears in the Java code used by some of our service components. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-22950
DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially-crafted crafted SpEL expression, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223096 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	4.0.0 - 4.0.8

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)	Version(s)	Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	4.0.9	The fix in 4.0.9 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.0.8). Version 4.0.9 can be downloaded and installed from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=planning-operator-operand-versions

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this.

References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

Off

Change History

08 Jun 2022: 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSH3YV","label":"IBM Speech to Text for IBM Cloud"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF040","label":"RedHat OpenShift"}],"Version":"4.0.0 - 4.0.8","Edition":"All","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

Tips

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation with Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22950).