Race condition in ray

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU58793

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in stats_fn when using multi-gpu. A remote authenticated attacker can exploit the race and escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ray: 0.1.0 - 1.7.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:anyscale:ray:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:anyscale:ray:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:anyscale:ray:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/18937/commits/f2e8e2f28fc2edb7461c35c9138e7a1e16f0d0ca
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues/18812
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/18937
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/releases

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.