PyPi: Tensorflow

CVE-2021-37648

Safety vulnerability ID: 41123

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Created at Aug 12, 2021 Updated at Oct 25, 2024
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Advisory

TensorFlow 2.3.4, 2.4.3, 2.5.1 and 2.6.0 include a fix for CVE-2021-37648: In affected versions the code for 'tf.raw_ops.SaveV2' does not properly validate the inputs and an attacker can trigger a null pointer dereference. The implementation (https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/save_restore_v2_ops.cc) uses 'ValidateInputs' to check that the input arguments are valid. This validation would have caught the illegal state represented by the reproducer above. However, the validation uses 'OP_REQUIRES' which translates to setting the 'Status' object of the current 'OpKernelContext' to an error status, followed by an empty 'return' statement which just terminates the execution of the function it is present in. However, this does not mean that the kernel execution is finalized: instead, execution continues from the nQext line in 'Compute' that follows the call to 'ValidateInputs'. This is equivalent to lacking the validation. The Tensorflow team has patched the issue in GitHub commit 9728c60e136912a12d99ca56e106b7cce7af5986.

Affected package

tensorflow

Latest version: 2.18.0

TensorFlow is an open source machine learning framework for everyone.

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code for `tf.raw_ops.SaveV2` does not properly validate the inputs and an attacker can trigger a null pointer dereference. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/save_restore_v2_ops.cc) uses `ValidateInputs` to check that the input arguments are valid. This validation would have caught the illegal state represented by the reproducer above. However, the validation uses `OP_REQUIRES` which translates to setting the `Status` object of the current `OpKernelContext` to an error status, followed by an empty `return` statement which just terminates the execution of the function it is present in. However, this does not mean that the kernel execution is finalized: instead, execution continues from the next line in `Compute` that follows the call to `ValidateInputs`. This is equivalent to lacking the validation. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 9728c60e136912a12d99ca56e106b7cce7af5986. 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. See CVE-2021-37648.


CONFIRM:https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-wp77-4gmm-7cq8: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-wp77-4gmm-7cq8
MISC:https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/9728c60e136912a12d99ca56e106b7cce7af5986: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/9728c60e136912a12d99ca56e106b7cce7af5986

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

HIGH 7.8

CVSS v3 Details

HIGH 7.8
Attack Vector (AV)
LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
LOW
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
HIGH
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.6
Access Vector (AV)
LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC)
LOW
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL