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Low · 2.5 CVE-2021-29543 BIT-tensorflow-2021-29543EUVD-2021-0284GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrvPYSEC-2021-180PYSEC-2021-471PYSEC-2021-669

CHECK-fail in `CTCGreedyDecoder`

Published May 14, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
tensorflow tensorflow < 2.1.4, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI tensorflow < 2.1.4 2.1.4 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 2.2.3 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 2.3.3 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.4.2 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow < 2.2.0rc0 · >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.0rc0 · >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-180
PyPI tensorflow-cpu < 2.1.4 2.1.4 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 2.2.3 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 2.3.3 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.4.2 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow-cpu < 2.2.0rc0 · >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.0rc0 · >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-471
PyPI tensorflow-gpu < 2.1.4 2.1.4 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 2.2.3 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 2.3.3 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.4.2 GHSA-fphq-gw9m-ghrv
PyPI tensorflow-gpu < 2.2.0rc0 · >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.0rc0 · >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-669

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