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CVE-2021-29523

CVE-2021-29523 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can trigger a denial of service via a `CHECK`-fail in `tf.raw_ops.AddManySparseToTensorsMap`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/6f9896890c4c703ae0a0845394086e2e1e523299/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse_tensors_map_ops.cc#L257) takes the values specified in `sparse_shape` as dimensions for the output shape. The `TensorShape` constructor(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/6f9896890c4c703ae0a0845394086e2e1e523299/tensorflow/core/framework/tensor_shape.cc#L183-L188) uses a `CHECK` operation which triggers when `InitDims`(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/6f9896890c4c703ae0a0845394086e2e1e523299/tensorflow/core/framework/tensor_shape.cc#L212-L296) returns a non-OK status. This is a legacy implementation of the constructor and operations should use `BuildTensorShapeBase` or `AddDimWithStatus` to prevent `CHECK`-failures in the presence of overflows. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

EPSS 0.19% · 8.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.19%
8.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Bitnamitensorflow2.3.0, 0, 2.2.0
Bitnamitensorflow0, 2.4.0, 2.3.0

Timeline

  • May 14, 2021 CVE Published
  • May 15, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jul 18, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Sep 18, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Nov 18, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 23, 2022 EPSS Score
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