Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability with GNU wget affects IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2016-4971). Please see below for details on how to remediate this issue.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-4971
DESCRIPTION: GNU wget could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP redirect message with an FTP server Location value to download and write or overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114406 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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 - 4.0.7 |
Remediation/Fixes
Please upgrade to IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data, version 4.0.8. This version can be obtained here:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=overview-whats-new
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
25 Apr 2022: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
12 January 2023
UID
ibm16575485