GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-4p4p-www8-8fv9 Reference binding to null in `ParameterizedTruncatedNormal`
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-29568
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476, CWE-824
- Reviewed
- 2021-05-18
Affected packages
• PyPI tensorflow: < 2.1.4 → fixed in 2.1.4
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 → fixed in 2.2.3
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 → fixed in 2.3.3
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 → fixed in 2.4.2
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: < 2.1.4 → fixed in 2.1.4
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 → fixed in 2.2.3
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 → fixed in 2.3.3
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 → fixed in 2.4.2
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: < 2.1.4 → fixed in 2.1.4
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 → fixed in 2.2.3
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 → fixed in 2.3.3
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 → fixed in 2.4.2
Description
Impact
An attacker can trigger undefined behavior by binding to null pointer in `tf.raw_ops.ParameterizedTruncatedNormal`:
```python
import tensorflow as tf
shape = tf.constant([], shape=[0], dtype=tf.int32)
means = tf.constant((1), dtype=tf.float32)
stdevs = tf.constant((1), dtype=tf.float32)
minvals = tf.constant((1), dtype=tf.float32)
maxvals = tf.constant((1), dtype=tf.float32)
tf.raw_ops.ParameterizedTruncatedNormal(
shape=shape, means=means, stdevs=stdevs, minvals=minvals, maxvals=maxvals)
```
This is because the implementation does not validate input arguments before accessing the first element of `shape`:
```cc
int32 num_batches = shape_tensor.flat()(0);
```
If `shape` argument is empty, then `shape_tensor.flat()` is an empty array.
Patches
We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 5e52ef5a461570cfb68f3bdbbebfe972cb4e0fd8.
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.
For more information
Please consult our security guide for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.
Attribution
This vulnerability has been reported by Ying Wang and Yakun Zhang of Baidu X-Team.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-29568 TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-4p4p-www8-8fv9 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29568 advisory
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/5e52ef5a461570cfb68f3bdbbebfe972cb4e0fd8 web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-496.yaml web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-694.yaml web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-205.yaml web
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow package