CVE-2021-29550

Name
CVE-2021-29550
Description
TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a runtime division by zero error and denial of service in `tf.raw_ops.FractionalAvgPool`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_avg_pool_op.cc#L85-L89) computes a divisor quantity by dividing two user controlled values. The user controls the values of `input_size[i]` and `pooling_ratio_[i]` (via the `value.shape()` and `pooling_ratio` arguments). If the value in `input_size[i]` is smaller than the `pooling_ratio_[i]`, then the floor operation results in `output_size[i]` being 0. The `DCHECK_GT` line is a no-op outside of debug mode, so in released versions of TF this does not trigger. Later, these computed values are used as arguments(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_avg_pool_op.cc#L96-L99) to `GeneratePoolingSequence`(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_pool_common.cc#L100-L108). There, the first computation is a division in a modulo operation. Since `output_length` can be 0, this results in runtime crashing. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
CONFIRM https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
MISC https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/548b5eaf23685d86f722233d8fbc21d0a4aecb96

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* tensorflow >= None <= 2.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* tensorflow >= 2.2.0 <= 2.2.3
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* tensorflow >= 2.3.0 <= 2.3.3
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* tensorflow >= 2.4.0 <= 2.4.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status