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CVE-2021-29543

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Description

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.CTCGreedyDecoder`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/1615440b17b364b875eb06f43d087381f1460a65/tensorflow/core/kernels/ctc_decoder_ops.cc#L37-L50) has a `CHECK_LT` inserted to validate some invariants. When this condition is false, the program aborts, instead of returning a valid error to the user. This abnormal termination can be weaponized in denial of service attacks. 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.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.5
Exploit probability—
ProductGoogle Tensorflow
PublishedMay 14, 2021
First seenMay 14, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-617CWE-617

How to fix

Update
  • google tensorflow2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2 or later
  • tensorflow2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3 or later
  • tensorflow-cpu2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3 or later
  • tensorflow-gpu2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
google tensorflowv < 2.1.4, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.3, 2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.3, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.22.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2
tensorflowPyPIv < 2.1.4, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.3, 2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.3, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.2, v < 2.2.0rc0, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.4, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.32.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3
tensorflow-cpuPyPIv < 2.1.4, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.3, 2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.3, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.2, v < 2.2.0rc0, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.4, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.32.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3
tensorflow-gpuPyPIv < 2.1.4, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.3, 2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.3, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.2, v < 2.2.0rc0, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.4, 2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.32.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3

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