SB2024020119 - Information disclosure in IBM Watson Discovery
Published: February 1, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024020119
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20483)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to set_file_metadata in xattr.c stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata attribute of the extended attributes of the downloaded file. A local attacker can read this attribute, as demonstrated by getfattr and obtain credentials contained in the URL.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.