SB2023011914 - Buffer overflow in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data



SB2023011914 - Buffer overflow in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Published: January 19, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023011914
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41496)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the array_from_pyobj() function in fortranobject.c. A remote user can pass an array with negative values to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.