Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security bypass in Open Container Initiative runc [CVE-2024-21626]

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a security bypass in Open Container Initiative runc, caused by an internal file descriptor leak [CVE-2024-21626]. Open Container Initiative runc is part of the gcc utils used by our service runtimes. This vulnerabilitiy has been addressed. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-21626
**DESCRIPTION:**Open Container Initiative runc could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an internal file descriptor leak. By persuading a victim to use a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform container escape to access to the host filesystem.
CVSS Base score: 8.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281085 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.8.4| The fix in 4.8.4 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.8.3). Version 4.8.4 can be downloaded and installed from: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None