Reachable Assertion in TensorFlow - CVE-2022-41899

 

Reachable Assertion in TensorFlow - CVE-2022-41899

Published: February 21, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86673
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-2022-41899
CWE-ID: CWE-617
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 inputs `dense_features` or `example_state_data` not of rank 2 will trigger a `CHECK` fail in `SdcaOptimizer`. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

TensorFlow
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Maximo Application Suite
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

How to mitigate CVE-2022-41899

Install updates from vendor's website.

TensorFlow - addressed in versions 2.8.4, 2.9.3, 2.10.1, 2.11.0
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7.0
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.6.2
IBM Maximo Application Suite - addressed in versions 8.9.6, 8.10.3
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.1, 23.0.1

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