SB2025030414 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Published: March 4, 2025 Updated: July 3, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 32 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28615)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ap_strcmp_match() function when processing an extremely large input buffer. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the web server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Note, the code distributed with the Apache HTTP Server cannot be coerced into such a call. The vulnerability can affect third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match().
2) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31813)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in mod_proxy implementation, where the web server may not send the X-Forwarded-* headers to the origin server based on client side Connection header hop-by-hop mechanism. A remote attacker can bypass IP based authentication on the origin server/application and gain access to otherwise restricted functionality.
3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44790)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when parsing multipart content in mod_lua. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected web server, trigger buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11984)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in od_proxy_uwsgi module. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the web server, trigger memory corruption and gain access to sensitive information or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
5) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22720)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
6) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23943)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in mod_sed. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10082)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the mod_http2 when handling connection shutdown. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the affected server and make the mod_http2 to read memory that was already freed.
8) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22721)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the ap_escape_html2() function when parsing LimitXMLRequestBody. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the web server, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
9) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39275)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system or perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ap_escape_quotes() function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the web server, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system but requires that the Apache module passes untrusted data to the affected function.
According to vendor, No included modules pass untrusted data to these functions
10) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40438)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the mod_proxy module in Apache HTTP Server. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with a chosen uri-path and trick the web server to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
11) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4586)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the Hot Rod client does not enable hostname validation when using TLS. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.
12) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24903)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when parsing data in imtcp, imptcp, imgssapi, and imhttp modules used for TCP syslog reception. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability is possible if the attacker is able to directly send specially crafted messages to the rsyslog daemon or by injecting specially crafted data into log files. Vulnerability exploitation in the second scenario requires that the rsyslog client supports octet-counted framing, which is not a default configuration.
13) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41741)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ngx_http_mp4_module module when handling MP4 files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
14) Origin validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3618)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to a logic error in TLS implementation when handling different protocols but using compatible certificates, such as multi-domain or wildcard certificates. A remote attacker with ability to perform TCP/IP layer MitM attack can redirect traffic from one subdomain to another, resulting in a valid TLS session. This breaks the authentication of TLS and cross-protocol attacks may be possible where the behavior of one protocol service may compromise the other at the application layer.
This attack technique was dubbed ALPACA (application layer protocol content confusion
attack).
15) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41742)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ngx_http_mp4_module module when handling MP4 files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
16) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26691)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in mod_session. A a malicious backend server or SessionHeader can trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition.
17) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1271)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation when processing filenames with two or more newlines. A remote attacker can force zgrep or xzgrep to write arbitrary files on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the affected system.
18) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3711)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in EVP_PKEY_decrypt() function within implementation of the SM2 decryption. A remote attacker can send specially crafted SM2 content for decryption to trigger a buffer overflow by 62 bytes and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
19) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9169)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read via an attempted case-insensitive regular-expression match. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack or gain access to sensitive information.
20) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23219)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the clnt_create() function in the sunrpc module. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application that is using the affected library version, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
21) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23218)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the svcunix_create() in the sunrpc module ib glibc. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application that is using the affected library version, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
22) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35942)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information or perform a DoS attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in parse_param in posix/wordexp.c in the GNU C Library when called with an untrusted pattern. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and read arbitrary memory on the system of perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
23) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3515)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the CRL parser in libksba. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
24) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1292)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the c_rehash script distributed by some operating systems. A remote attacker with ability to pass data to c_rehash script can and execute arbitrary OS commands with the privileges of the script.
25) Improper Check for Dropped Privileges (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18276)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists in "disable_priv_mode()" function in shell.c due to the affected software attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded. A local user with command execution in the shell can use "enable -f" for runtime loading of a new builtin, which can be a shared object that calls setuid() and therefore regains privileges.
26) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2068)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the c_rehash script distributed by some operating systems. A remote attacker with ability to pass data to c_rehash script can and execute arbitrary OS commands with the privileges of the script.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU62765 (CVE-2022-1292).
27) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16840)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free error in closing an easy handle in the 'Curl_close()' function. A remote unauthenticated attacker can specially crafted data, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
28) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5481)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing very large blocks during Kerberos FTP data transfer. A remote attacker that controls malicious FTP server can send large blocks of data to the curl client, trigger a double-free error and crash the application.
29) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5482)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the tftp_receive_packet() function when processing TFTP data. A remote attacker can send specially crafted TFTP response to the vulnerable curl client, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
30) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16839)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in processing the Curl_auth_create_plain_message name and password when handling malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send specially crafted SASL password data, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The affected function can be invoked using POP3(S), IMAP(S), or SMTP(S).
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
31) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16842)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function. A remote unauthenticated attacker can specially crafted data, trigger memory corruption to read back out-of-buffer data and cause the service to crash.
32) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5932)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
The path autocompletion feature in Bash 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted filename starting with a " (double quote) character and a command substitution metacharacter.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.