SB2023070612 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: July 6, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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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.