Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx.data



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
CVE-ID CVE-2022-26612
CVE-2018-8029
CVE-2022-25168
CVE-2017-15713
CVE-2018-11766
CWE-ID CWE-254
CWE-264
CWE-78
CWE-200
CWE-77
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 watsonx.data
Web applications / JS libraries

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.

1) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU62082

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26612

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to missing symbolic links checks when extracting files from TAR archives on Windows. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted archive and overwrite files on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: before 2.0.2

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7168868


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) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU18689

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8029

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions for the API interface. A remote authenticated user can use vulnerable API endpoint to execute arbitrary YARN commands on the system as root.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: before 2.0.2

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7168868


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

3) OS Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU69531

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25168

CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the FileUtil.unTar(File, File) API. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: before 2.0.2

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7168868


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.

4) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU37620

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15713

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

Vulnerability in Apache Hadoop 0.23.x, 2.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.3, and 3.0.0-alpha through 3.0.0-beta1 allows a cluster user to expose private files owned by the user running the MapReduce job history server process. The malicious user can construct a configuration file containing XML directives that reference sensitive files on the MapReduce job history server host.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: before 2.0.2

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7168868


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

5) Command injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU16165

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11766

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can escalate to yarn user access and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on a targeted system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: before 2.0.2

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7168868


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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