SB2022032708 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Components
Published: March 27, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35550)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the JSSE component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition offers cipher suites in the wrong way, which causes weaker cipher suites to be offered ahead of the strong ones. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.
2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35603)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the JSSE component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-java-runtime-affect-watson-explorer-and-watson-explorer-content-analytics-studio-cve-2021-35550-cve-2021-35603/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-java-runtime-affect-watson-explorer-and-watson-explorer-content-analytics-studio-cve-2021-35550-cve-2021-35603/</a></p><p>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6565645</p><p><br></p>