Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to an HTTP request smuggling issue in Twisted (CVE-2022-24801).

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling in Twisted (CVE-2022-24801). By using header manipulation, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack. Twisted is used as part of our speech runtime component. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-24801
DESCRIPTION: Twisted is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. By using header manipulation, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain sensitive information from request.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223440 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	4.0.0 - 4.5.0

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-pa ks/cp-data/4.5.x?topic=installing

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

14 Jul 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to an HTTP request smuggling issue in Twisted (CVE-2022-24801).