Uncaught Exception in TensorFlow - CVE-2023-25665

 

Uncaught Exception in TensorFlow - CVE-2023-25665

Published: March 20, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU73848
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25665
CWE-ID: CWE-248
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer exception in SparseSparseMaximum. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an unhanded exception and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

TensorFlow
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Robotic Process Automation
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

How to mitigate CVE-2023-25665

Install updates from vendor's website.

TensorFlow - addressed in versions 2.11.1, 2.12.0
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7.0
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D - update to 4.8
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator - update to 4.0
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7.0
Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.0
Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component - addressed in versions 8.10.9, 8.11.6
IBM Robotic Process Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.7.8, 23.0.9
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.8, 23.0.9

External References

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