Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in TensorFlow - CVE-2020-15202

 

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in TensorFlow - CVE-2020-15202

Published: September 25, 2020 / Updated: October 2, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47290
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15202
CWE-ID: CWE-754
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
TensorFlow
Software vendor:
TensorFlow

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

In Tensorflow before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, the `Shard` API in TensorFlow expects the last argument to be a function taking two `int64` (i.e., `long long`) arguments. However, there are several places in TensorFlow where a lambda taking `int` or `int32` arguments is being used. In these cases, if the amount of work to be parallelized is large enough, integer truncation occurs. Depending on how the two arguments of the lambda are used, this can result in segfaults, read/write outside of heap allocated arrays, stack overflows, or data corruption. The issue is patched in commits 27b417360cbd671ef55915e4bb6bb06af8b8a832 and ca8c013b5e97b1373b3bb1c97ea655e69f31a575, and is released in TensorFlow versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, or 2.3.1.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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