SB2023070612 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data



SB2023070612 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Published: July 6, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023070612
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3572)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Policy (python-pip) component in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy. A remote authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate data.


2) Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28363)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to urllib3 library for Python omits SSL certificate validation in some cases involving HTTPS to HTTPS proxies. The initial connection to the HTTPS proxy (if an SSLContext isn't given via proxy_config) doesn't verify the hostname of the certificate. This means certificates for different servers that still validate properly with the default urllib3 SSLContext will be silently accepted. A remote attacker can supply a valid SSL certificate for a different hostname and perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.