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CVE-2021-29543PYSEC-2021-180BIT-TENSORFLOW-2021-29543GHSA-FPHQ-GW9M-GHRVPYSEC-2021-471PYSEC-2021-669

CHECK-fail in `CTCGreedyDecoder`

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Fix
Fixed in 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.2.0rc0, and 3 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • tensorflow tensorflow

    fixed in 2.1.4; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.3; From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.3; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.2

  • tensorflowPyPI

    fixed in 2.2.0rc0; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.3.0rc0; From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.4; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

  • tensorflow-cpuPyPI

    fixed in 2.2.0rc0; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.3.0rc0; From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.4; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

  • tensorflow-gpuPyPI

    fixed in 2.2.0rc0; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.3.0rc0; From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.4; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

  • tensorflowPyPI

    fixed in 2.1.4

  • tensorflowPyPI

    From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.3

  • tensorflowPyPI

    From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.3

  • tensorflowPyPI

    From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.2

  • tensorflow-cpuPyPI

    fixed in 2.1.4

  • tensorflow-cpuPyPI

    From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.3

  • tensorflow-cpuPyPI

    From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.3

  • tensorflow-cpuPyPI

    From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.2

  • tensorflow-gpuPyPI

    fixed in 2.1.4

  • tensorflow-gpuPyPI

    From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.3

  • tensorflow-gpuPyPI

    From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.3

  • tensorflow-gpuPyPI

    From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.2

References 2

GitHub · tensorflow/tensorflow