Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Rails.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-8163
DESCRIPTION: Rails could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a code injection vulnerability. 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/184567 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)
CVEID: CVE-2020-8185
DESCRIPTION: Rails is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper access control. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to run pending migrations in production.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184564 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2020-8166
DESCRIPTION: Ruby on Rails is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by authenticity_token meta tag. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to perform unintended actions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184553 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
ICP - Discovery | 2.0.0-2.1.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 2.1.3
https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
08 Jul 2020: 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 July 2020
UID
ibm16250723