Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery

Published: 2024-09-06

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-2617 CVE-2023-2618
CWE-ID	CWE-476 CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU85604

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2617

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the DecodedBitStreamParser::decodeByteSegment() function in qrcode/decoder/decoded_bit_stream_parser.cpp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data: before 5.0.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7167703

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU85550