SB2023070721 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

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SB2023070721 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Published: July 7, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023070721
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3821)

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

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error within the format_timespan() function in time-util.c. A local user can trigger an off-by-one error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.



2) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4415)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management when handling coredumps in coredump/coredump.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability affects systems with libacl support.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References