IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Sterling File Gateway

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          "value": "Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge5.4 The fix in v5.4  applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-5.3.1). The newest version, 5.4 can be downloaded and installed from:\n https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nProduct(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge5.3.1 Patch 7 The fix in 5.3.1 Patch 7  applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-5.3.1). The newest version of 5.3.1 with the included Patch 7 can be downloaded and installed from:\n https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.3.x",
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