CVE-2021-41225 A use of uninitialized value vulnerability in Tensorflow

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in TensorFlow by providing a saved model that triggers the use of an uninitialized variable in the Grappler optimizer.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-41225?

CVE-2021-41225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Tensorflow, published on 5 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions TensorFlow's Grappler optimizer has a use of unitialized variable. If the `train_nodes` vector (obtained from the saved model that gets optimized) does not contain a `Dequeue` node, then `dequeue_node` is left unitialized. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Weakness: CWE-908

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41225?

22 open source packages ship an affected version, including tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu and tensorflow-gpu. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow BitnamiFrom 2.4.02.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1, 2.7.0
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.4.4
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.4.4
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.5.02.5.2
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.5.02.5.2
16 more packages
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.6.02.6.1
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.6.02.6.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1, 2.7.0
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.4.4
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.4.4
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.5.02.5.2
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.5.02.5.2
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.6.02.6.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.6.02.6.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1, 2.7.0
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.4.4
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.4.4
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.5.02.5.2
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.5.02.5.2
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.6.02.6.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.6.02.6.1

Products include Google Tensorflow.

How do I fix CVE-2021-41225?

Upgrade tensorflow to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1 or 2.7.0.

Is CVE-2021-41225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Tensorflow vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-tensorflow-2021-41225, GHSA-7r94-xv9v-63jw, PYSEC-2021-417, PYSEC-2021-634, PYSEC-2021-832.

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