CVE-2020-15213
September 25, 2020
In TensorFlow Lite before versions 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, models using segment sum can trigger a denial of service by causing an out of memory allocation in the implementation of segment sum. Since code uses the last element of the tensor holding them to determine the dimensionality of output tensor, attackers can use a very large value to trigger a large allocation. The issue is patched in commit 204945b19e44b57906c9344c0d00120eeeae178a and is released in TensorFlow versions 2.2.1, or 2.3.1. A potential workaround would be to add a custom "Verifier" to limit the maximum value in the segment ids tensor. This only handles the case when the segment ids are stored statically in the model, but a similar validation could be done if the segment ids are generated at runtime, between inference steps. However, if the segment ids are generated as outputs of a tensor during inference steps, then there are no possible workaround and users are advised to upgrade to patched code.
Affected Packages
tensorflow-cpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.3.0 <2.3.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.1tensorflow (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.3.0 <2.3.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.1tensorflow-cpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.2.0 <2.2.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.2.1tensorflow (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.2.0 <2.2.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.2.1tensorflow-gpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.3.0 <2.3.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.1tensorflow-gpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.2.0 <2.2.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.2.1Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.3
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.22