SB2022080415 - Denial of service in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: August 4, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022080415
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Incorrect Comparison (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34141)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete string comparison in the numpy.core component in NumPy. A remote attacker can pass specific string objects to the library and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-watson-speech-services-cartridge-for-ibm-cloud-pak-for-data-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-caused-by-incomplete-string-comparison-in-numpy-cve-2021-34141/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-watson-speech-services-cartridge-for-ibm-cloud-pak-for-data-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-caused-by-incomplete-string-comparison-in-numpy-cve-2021-34141/</a><br><a
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6610102"
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6610102</a><br><br><br></p>