Resource exhaustion in TensorFlow - CVE-2022-41898

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86675

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-2022-41898

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to TensorFlow will crash if `SparseFillEmptyRowsGrad` is given empty inputs. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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

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

• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-hq7g-wwwp-q46h
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse_fill_empty_rows_op_gpu.cu.cc
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/af4a6a3c8b95022c351edae94560acc61253a1b8

• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Application Suite
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Multiple vulnerabilities in TensorFlow