SB2023011925 - Buffer overflow in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: January 19, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023011925
Severity
Medium
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) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12723)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) áttack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the recursive "S_study_chunk" calls. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted regular expression , trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.