CVE-2021-29552

CHECK-failure in `UnsortedSegmentJoin`

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a denial of service by controlling the values of `num_segments` tensor argument for `UnsortedSegmentJoin`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/a2a607db15c7cd01d754d37e5448d72a13491bdb/tensorflow/core/kernels/unsorted_segment_join_op.cc#L92-L93) assumes that the `num_segments` tensor is a valid scalar. Since the tensor is empty the `CHECK` involved in `.scalar<T>()()` that checks that the number of elements is exactly 1 will be invalidated and this would result in process termination. 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.

TensorFlow es una plataforma de código abierto de extremo a extremo para el aprendizaje automático. Un atacante puede causar una denegación de servicio al controlar los valores del argumento tensorial "num_segments" para "UnsortedSegmentJoin". Esto es debido a que la implementación (https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/a2a607db15c7cd01d754d37e5448d72a13491bdb/tensorflow/core/kernels/unsorted_segment_join_op.cc#L92-L93) asume que el tensor "num_segments" es un tensor válido. Dado que el tensor está vacío, el "CHECK" involucrado en ".scalar (T)()()" que comprueba que el número de elementos es exactamente 1 será invalidado y esto resultaría en una terminación del proceso. La corrección será incluída en TensorFlow versión 2.5.0. También seleccionaremos este commit en TensorFlow versión 2.4.2, TensorFlow versión 2.3.3, TensorFlow versión 2.2.3 y TensorFlow versión 2.1.4, ya que estos también están afectados y aún están en el rango admitido

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-03-30 CVE Reserved
2021-05-14 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-jhq9-wm9m-cf89	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/704866eabe03a9aeda044ec91a8d0c83fc1ebdbe	2021-07-27

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Tensorflow Search vendor "Google" for product "Tensorflow"				< 2.1.4 Search vendor "Google" for product "Tensorflow" and version " < 2.1.4"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Tensorflow Search vendor "Google" for product "Tensorflow"				>= 2.2.0 < 2.2.3 Search vendor "Google" for product "Tensorflow" and version " >= 2.2.0 < 2.2.3"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Tensorflow Search vendor "Google" for product "Tensorflow"				>= 2.3.0 < 2.3.3 Search vendor "Google" for product "Tensorflow" and version " >= 2.3.0 < 2.3.3"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Tensorflow Search vendor "Google" for product "Tensorflow"				>= 2.4.0 < 2.4.2 Search vendor "Google" for product "Tensorflow" and version " >= 2.4.0 < 2.4.2"		-		Affected