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CVE-2021-37655
August 12, 2021
TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can trigger a read from outside of bounds of heap allocated data by sending invalid arguments to `tf.raw_ops.ResourceScatterUpdate`. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f24faa153ad31a4b51578f8181d3aaab77a1ddeb/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.cc#L919-L923) has an incomplete validation of the relationship between the shapes of `indices` and `updates`: instead of checking that the shape of `indices` is a prefix of the shape of `updates` (so that broadcasting can happen), code only checks that the number of elements in these two tensors are in a divisibility relationship. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 01cff3f986259d661103412a20745928c727326f. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.
Affected Packages
tensorflow-cpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0 <2.3.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.4
tensorflow-gpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2.4.0 <2.4.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.4.3
tensorflow-gpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.12.0rc0 <2.3.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.4
tensorflow-cpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2.4.0 <2.4.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.4.3
tensorflow (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.5.0 <2.5.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.1
tensorflow-gpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.5.0 <2.5.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.1
tensorflow (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2.4.0 <2.4.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.4.3
tensorflow-cpu (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2.5.0 <2.5.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.1
tensorflow (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.11.0rc2 <2.3.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.4
Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.6
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Read
EPSS
Base Score:
0.01