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Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to denial of service vulnerability in gRPC on Node.js [CVE-2024-37168]

Summary Potential denial of service vulnerability in gRPC on Node.js [CVE-2024-37168] have been identified that could affect IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information. Vulnerability Details ** CVEID: CVE-2024-37168 DESCRIPTION: **gRPC on Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw with memory allocation with excessive size value. By sending specially crafted messages, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition. CVSS Base score: 5.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/294632 for the current score. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) Affected Products and Versions Affected Product(s)| Affected Version(s) —|— IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.0.0 – 5.0.1 Remediation/Fixes For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v5.0.3 or later releases) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above. Product Latest Version| Remediation/Fix/Instructions —|— IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.3| Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v5.0.3 release information) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.0.x Workarounds and Mitigations…Read More

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