Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in Golang Go before 1.17 affects IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. (CVE-2021-29923) Please see below for details on how to remediate this issue.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-29923
DESCRIPTION: Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper consideration for extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address octet. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access control based on IP addresses.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/207025 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 4.0.0 - 4.0.6 |
Remediation/Fixes
Please install IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data, version 4.0.7. This version is available 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
22 Apr 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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Document Information
Modified date:
12 January 2023
UID
ibm16574545